out flying for support as the are out flying for support as the general election draws closer. you can watch more of that on our website. more details of the election coverage anytime obviously don't come. —— on bbc.com. new cctv of a man believed to be the missing tv presenter eiko moseley on the island of symi has been seen. his four children have arrived to help look for him. the family have described the last few days is unbearable. our correspondent reports. this is thought to be one of the

last known sightings of michael mosley. rescuers are still trying to piece together what happened. greek police say he left his wife on the beach at st nicholas at 1:30pm. from there, it is thought he walked into another time. today's footage put some at a marina on the other side of the village, walking towards rocky hills. a search and rescue operation involving helicopters and drones continues. this mountainous terrain is described is not easy by those involved with the search. the time that michael mosley set off on his walk was also one of the hottest parts of the day. he had been staying in the main town on the island around one mile from the town. one theory that has emerged as it was trying to take a much longer route than first thought, passing over miles of exposed hillside. his four children have arrived on symi

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are soldiers performed in an unmatchable way. we are committed to getting the release of all the hostages, and we expect hamas to release them all, but if they do not, we will do whatever it takes to get them all back home. hamas is committing more crimes every day, including the holding of these hostages. oursoldiers including the holding of these hostages. our soldiers are performing in the most valiant and moral way. to end this war with a victory against these killers and against his kidnappers, we shall prevail. 90. —— thank you. fix, against his kidnappers, we shall prevail. 90. -- thank you. a brief bit in english _ prevail. 90. -- thank you. a brief bit in english from _ prevail. 90. -- thank you. a brief bit in english from mr— prevail. 90. -- thank you. a brief| bit in english from mr netanyahu, the israeli prime minister, who has been giving his reaction to the release or rescue of four hostages by the israeli military from inside

gaza. they are now back in israel, and are being seen to in hospital. hospital spokesperson earlier said they were in good and should be back with theirfamily soon. they were in good and should be back with their family soon. mr netanyahu saying he will do whatever it takes to get all the hostages back home. he says they shall prevail. hamas has said it will continue with the resistance after 93 civilians, it is now saying 210 palestinians, killed and 400 wounded, during those israeli strikes to rescue the hostages. more and that's very shortly. les returning to the uk. parties locked horns over the economy, the armed forces, immigration, the nhs and climate policy in a debate last night. today, the conservatives are pushing a permanent cut to stamp duty, and weber is outlining its positional business rates. our political correspondent, jessica parker.

stepping into a new day, trying to leave the old one behind. rishi sunak�*s decision last week to depart early from d—day commemorations in france led to an apology and some unusually blunt words from within his own ranks. what happened was completely wrong and the prime minister has rightly apologised. "completely wrong" was not a phrase another cabinet minister chose to repeat today. it was a mistake. people make mistakes. the prime minister has made a mistake, he's apologised for it, and he's apologised to those that would have been particularly hurt by it. i would say, actually looking at his record since he became prime minister, he actually cares about veterans hugely. as the conservatives seek to move on, there has been a manifesto spill — a pledge to permanently get rid of stamp duty tax for some first—time buyers, and announced measures for motorists. you take risks, right? while labour is pledging to overhaul business rates and crack down on late invoice payments. one of keir starmer�*s shadow cabinet has acknowledged

frozen tax thresholds mean payments for some are set to rise. but any tax cuts to come? everything in our manifesto — there won't be any surprises on tax. all of our plans are fully costed, fully funded, and none of them involving tax rises over and above those that we have already set out. the snp believes there is a conspiracy of silence around tax and spend. the biggest issue in this election is the fact both the labour and conservative parties have signed up to another period of spending cuts. while the liberal democrats' quest to court attention continues, as they say they would create new national parks and spend £4.5 billion planting 60 million trees. this is a capital investment over the next five years. you're right, it is a significant investment, but i believe this is hugely important for our environment. but soon the slotting in of individual policy

announcements will end. manifestos are being readied for us all to read — the full set of pledges and, crucially, costs. jessica parker, bbc news. our political correspondent david cornock is following the campaign and started by telling me about the debate. what dominated the debate at the beginning certainly was the fallout from rishi sunak�*s decision not to attend the full cam orations for d—day, and certainly that's all one of his own ministers, penny morton, say that what he had done was completely wrong and apologise. it is not normal, is it, for a cabinet minister to criticise the leader during the middle of an election campaign in such strong terms? apart from that, there were the clashes on tax between conservative and labour, but it was a seven sided debate, so everybody got to have their say, and

the voter, the viewer, got a sense of the different choices available in different parts of the uk. meanwhile, the conservatives are trying to move on from the d—day row. tell us what they are beaten doing. row. tell us what they are beaten doin i _ ., , ., , row. tell us what they are beaten doinu. ., , row. tell us what they are beaten doin. ., , . , ., doing. conservatives, as you would imauine, doing. conservatives, as you would imagine. very _ doing. conservatives, as you would imagine, very keen _ doing. conservatives, as you would imagine, very keen to _ doing. conservatives, as you would imagine, very keen to move - doing. conservatives, as you would imagine, very keen to move on. i doing. conservatives, as you would l imagine, very keen to move on. they are trying to put some of their vote winning policy is out there, particularly on tax and pro motoring. in terms of stamp duty, in england and northern ireland, they are saying they would make the current tax break, if you like, for first—time buyers, permanent. a first—time buyers, permanent. a first—time buyers, permanent. a first—time buyer to get a home for 425000 and wouldn't pay stamp duty on that. that was to end next year, but they will make it permanent if they win the election. the other element is ulez, the london low emission zone. they said they would reverse the current mayor of london's decision to expand the zone, which means that drivers are very old vehicles pay about £12 50

to go through the zone. they hate them as a vote winning policy, but it didn't really help them in the mayoral elections, where city can were selected for labourjust last month. were selected for labour “ust last month. �* ., ,., were selected for labour “ust last month. �* ., , ., , ., month. and labour focusing on small businesses? — month. and labour focusing on small businesses? becoming _ month. and labour focusing on small businesses? becoming very - month. and labour focusing on small businesses? becoming very keen - month. and labour focusing on small businesses? becoming very keen to i businesses? becoming very keen to highlight what they say would be an overhaul in business rates in england. these are the taxes paid by premises like cafes and shops. labour say they would overhaul them to create a moral level playing field between online stores and those in the high street. we haven't seen either figures on this, because we do not know what would replace it. if smaller stores in the high streets are going to pay less, someone else will have to pay more. super briefly on the lib dems? the?i super briefly on the lib dems? they lant more super briefly on the lib dems? they plant more trees _ super briefly on the lib dems? they plant more trees may _ super briefly on the lib dems? tie: plant more trees may create super briefly on the lib dems? tte: plant more trees may create three national across england. back in february, dave myers —

tv presenter and one half of the cooking duo the hairy bikers — died at the age of 66, two years after revealing he had been diagnosed with cancer. to celebrate the popular tv chef's life, thousands of bikers will ride from london to dave's hometown of barrow—in—furness today — in what is being dubbed "dave day". jayne mccubbin has more. engines rev. today is being renamed. and for britain's bikers, all roads lead to one place. it's a dave day. we're here to celebrate such a beautiful human that we've sadly lost, and us bikers have got together and were going to have a dave day. thousands of bikers have set off from london this morning, all heading to barrow in furness, the hometown of one half of the much—loved hairy bikers, dave myers. it's pretty amazing, isn't it? and everybody�*s got that lovely dave sartorial elegance about them, ie, dodgy shirts. some of them have had them specially printed. it's remarkable. i've never seen anything like it.

i was only passing and ijust had to stop. it wasjust gobsmacking. hi, everyone, i'm from durham! there are bikes as far as the eye can see down here. they are going to have an amazing day, an amazing day. and cumbria, when they arrive there tonight, won't know what's hit it. there is so muchjoy here today, isn't there, and that is what it is all about, but it's going to be emotional? of course. it's a celebration of my best friend that we've lost. and, yeah, it is, it's very emotional. dave day, let's go! along the way, they will stop to collect dave's widow, lili, and escort her into dave's hometown. we have people coming from all over the country. from texas, from malaysia, from all over europe. itjust helps me go through my process of grief, because itjust makes me feel that

i am not on my own with all this. this one's for you, dave. jayne mccubbin, bbc news. know it is time for newswatch, taking a look at the coverage of the general election. the temperature rises in the general election campaign. welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. coming up, bbc news describes a claim made by the prime minister as "misleading and dubious." did it go too far or not far enough? and it's him again. has the news media, including the bbc, been manipulated by nigel farage into giving him and his party more coverage than they warrant? the week started with something of a political bombshell. not for the first time, the focus of attention was the man

who, up until monday, had been merely the honorary president of reform uk. he said he wouldn't, but now he will. a major u—turn, a change of heart thrust nigel farage into the heart of the general election campaign. so i am going to stand in this election. i'll be launching my candidacy at midday tomorrow in the essex seaside town of clacton. that report from lucy manning led the bbc one bulletins at 6:00pm and 10:00pm. last week we featured complaints about how prominently bbc news featured nigel farage, considering he wasn't a candidate in the election. but now he is a candidate and the party leader, the complaints have kept coming. here's viewer sue trevelyan. we were surprised when the headlining item on the bbc 6:00pm news was nigel farage's decision to stand as an mp when he has already failed to be elected seven times.

this free publicity for farage went on for over 5 minutes, leaving us wondering what was actually happening news—wise in the country and indeed in the world. the following day came the first televised debate of the election campaign. a head—to—head between rishi sunak and keir starmer broadcast on itv, but picked up and analysed across all media. this line of attack from the prime minister came under particular scrutiny. you want to put everyone's taxes up by £2,000 and this is really important. independent treasury officials have costed labour's policies and they amount to a £2,000 tax rise for every working family. a furious argument developed afterwards over the source and accuracy of that claim that a labour government would raise taxes by £2,000 for every working family, with keir starmer accusing the prime minister of deliberately lying. bbc verify investigated the numbers, concluding that what the prime minister said risked

misleading people and nick eardley looked into that £2,000 figure on wednesday's evening news bulletin. no, this is overfour years, so about £500 a year. the prime minister said last night that this was the work of independent treasury officials and it is true that the treasury did most of the sums. but political advisers who work for the chancellor were the ones who set the terms of the calculations by making assumptions about labour's policies. the following day, the office for statistics regulation criticised the prime minister's failure to mention that the £2,000 number was a total spread over four years. and it emerged that the treasury's top civil servant had warned the conservatives that the claim should not be presented as having been produced by them. but rishi sunak defended the claim. stephen cushion was impressed by the reporting he saw, calling it "a watershed moment in impartial reporting,