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i am very decisive about voting for dmk.ish to do. regional parties like the dmk will likely continue to dominate because the message the bjp is peddling ofa pan—india hindi speaking identityjust doesn't resonate with the people here. samira hussain, bbc news. that's all for now — stay with bbc news. hello there. it was a very unsettled day on monday, very windy for many of us with widespread gales and a whole mixture of weather conditions. tuesday looks a little bit quieter. it'll still be quite blustery. there'll be sunshine, a few showers around, but it'll stay on the cool side for the time of year. in this cooler air mass, which was introduced across the uk by monday's area of low pressure, will be sitting to the east of the country for tuesday. so it's here where we'll see most of the showers, the strongest of the winds, the further west you are, closer to this area of high pressure, then it'll be a little bit quieter. so we start off on a chilly note for tuesday morning. quite a bit of sunshine around. a few showers fr

dmk and that is what i wish to do.likely continue to dominate because the message the bjp is peddling of the pan, is peddling of the pan—indian hindi speaking identityjust doesn't resonate with the people here. breaking news to bring you from the reuters news agency and the according stage media here is their source. they say israeli settlers have killed two palestinians in the occupied west bank area. and israeli settlers have killed two palestinians in the occupied west bank city and that is from stage media and coming to was from the reuters news agency and we do not have any more details and we do, will bring it to you. the author sir salman rushdie has been talking to the bbc about the knife attack which almost killed him. the award winning novelist was stabbed 12 times on a stage in new york two years ago. he said he thought he was dying, and that losing an eye in the attack upsets him every day. he's been talking to the bbc�*s alan yentob in new york. and just a warning that the interview contains some graphic d

translation: i am very| decisive about voting for dmk, evenif decisive about voting for dmk, even ifl parties like the dmk will likely continue to dominate, because the message the bjp is peddling come of a pan— india hindi speaking identity, just doesn't resonate with the people here. samira hussain, bbc news, tamil nadu. it's been one year since civil war broke out in sudan. thousands have been killed and millions displaced since fighting broke out between the sudanese army and the paramilitary rapid support forces. both sides are accused of war crimes, as sudan suffers one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. but earlier, at an aid conference in paris, donors pledged more than $2 billion to assist the war—torn country. that was on monday. quscondy abdulshafi is a senior regional advisor for africa at freedom house and told me how bad the situation is in sudan. i think ithinka i think a month ago, i was here and i told to you that the situation in sudan is dire, and now i would say that the situation in sudan is, you know, a ticking time bomb of, you know, humanitarian catastr

i am very decisive about voting for dmk.parties like the dmk will likely continue to dominate because the message the bjp is peddling ofa pan—india hindi speaking identityjust doesn't resonate with the people here. samira hussain, bbc news. remember, plenty more on all the stories covered — head to our website. or to the bbc news app. i'll be back at the top of the hour. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. it was a very unsettled day on monday, very windy for many of us with widespread gales and a whole mixture of weather conditions. tuesday looks a little bit quieter. it'll still be quite blustery. there'll be sunshine, a few showers around, but it'll stay on the cool side for the time of year. in this cooler air mass, which was introduced across the uk by monday's area of low pressure, will be sitting to the east of the country for tuesday. so it's here where we'll see most of the showers, the strongest of the winds, the further west you are, closer to this area of high pressure, then it'll be a little bit quieter.

and in the last elections, in 2019, the dmk won 38 out of the 39 seats.ally a brief political picture of the state. but the larger issues which i mentioned are resonating across the country when we talk about price rises, unemployment and other issues which have been raised by both parties. prime minister rishi sunak has called for an end to the uk's "sick note culture" in a speech on welfare reform. in a speech in the past hour, mr sunak said he is considering moving responsibility for assessing fitness to work away from gps to "specialist work and health professionals" in england. a record high of 2.8m people are out of work as of february 2024, according to the office for national statistics. we must be more ambitious in assessing people's potentialfor work. right now the gateway to ill health benefits is writing too many off, leaving them on the wrong type off, leaving them on the wrong type of support and with no expectation of support and with no expectation of trying to find a job with all the advantages that that brings. in 2011, 20% of those doin