geeta guru-murthy. _ be watching. -- a lot of fun. e watching. -- a lot of fun. geeta guru-murthy, get some _ be watching. -- a lot of fun. geeta guru-murthy, get some rest - be watching. -- a lot of fun. geeta guru-murthy, get some rest at - be watching. -- a lot of fun. geetaj guru-murthy, get some rest at the guru—murthy, get some rest at the start of a busy election campaign. good to have you there. let's talk more good evening to you all. there's a lot for us to get there on the programme tonight. quite a day it has been in west ministerfor the quite a day it has been in west minister for the zoey, let me start with you. what do you make about how today played out? probably not with the prime minister wanted but we now know that we will go to the polls in july for that talk me through the day how did you see a? if july for that talk me through the day how did you see a?- day how did you see a? if you're auoin to day how did you see a? if you're going to give — day how did you see a? if you're going to give sunak— day how did you s

geeta guru _ across country. been. thank you geeta guru murthy. _ across country. been. thank you geeta guru murthy. across country. been. thank you - geeta guru murthy. let's talk to the panel, summershould geeta guru murthy. let's talk to the panel, summer should talk about, and will come onto the issues in a second. i want to talk first of all, jenny, about the number of mps standing down at this election. just look at the numbers, 65 conservatives, 20 labour, nine snp and independence, we might even see that number tick up depending on how this campaign goes, but a significant number of conservatives, some would suggest, going before they are pushed.— some would suggest, going before they are pushed. yes, and there were rumours that — they are pushed. yes, and there were rumours that there _ they are pushed. yes, and there were rumours that there were _ they are pushed. yes, and there were rumours that there were many - they are pushed. yes, and there were rumours that there were many more i rumours that there were many more who are planning to, perhaps it is one of the reasons why the election w

i'm geeta guru—murthy. you are watching bbc news. thanks for being with us. hello.mmer than spring out there today. another very warm one across large swathes of the uk. the weekend will be very warm, as well. dry for most on saturday, but things are set to change on sunday with the increasing chance of some heavy thundery showers. you can see weather systems waiting in the wings out in the atlantic, but, for the time being they are being fended off by this area of high pressure. we do have a bit more in the way of cloud across the north of scotland. the odd spot of rain here. also, this area of low cloud and mistiness rolling on to some of these eastern coasts of east anglia and the south—east of england. elsewhere, good spells of sunshine, highs of 2a, maybe 25 degrees. through this evening and tonight, this area of cloud will roll its way in off the north sea into parts of eastern england, perhaps getting into the midlands, as well. also some areas of low cloud just rolling across the north—west of scotland, maybe affecting shetland. most places seeing clear skie

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after bbc presenter geeta guru—murthy mast appeared to slip when she made this remark.o some of the comments that nigel made about the wave of and i'm using his words, not mine. >> aggressive young males that are coming into poland having crossed the mediterranean, and he has said that this is now a matter of national security. nigel farage, with his, customary inflammatory language there at a reform uk press conference, he declined to stand as a for a seat. >> but we will have more customarily inflammatory well later guru—murthy did make this apology, nigel farage now an apology. earlier today we heard live from nigel farage speaking at that election event. we just saw when we came away from his live speech, i used language to describe it, which didn't meet the bbc's editorial standards on impartiality. the bbc's editorial standards on impartiality . vie i would like impartiality. vie i would like to apologise to mr farage and viewers for this. >> well, joining me now is the man of the moment himself, nigel farage. nigel we look forward to an ofcom investigation, don't

after bbc presenter geeta guru—murthy mast appeared to slip when she made this remark. to some of the comments that nigel made about the wave of and i'm using his words, not mine. >> aggressive young males that are coming into poland having crossed the mediterranean, and he has said that this is now a matter of national security. nigel farage, with his, customary inflammatory language there at a reform uk press conference, he declined to stand as a for a seat. >> but we will have more customarily inflammatory well later guru—murthy did make this apology, nigel farage now an apology. earlier today we heard live from nigel farage speaking at that election event. we just saw when we came away from his live speech, i used language to describe it, which didn't meet the bbc's editorial standards on impartiality. the bbc's editorial standards on impartiality . vie i would like impartiality. vie i would like to apologise to mr farage and viewers for this. >> well, joining me now is the man of the moment himself, nigel farage. nigel we look forward to an ofcom investigation, don

hello, i'm geeta guru murthy, welcome to bbc news now, welcome to bbc news now.a has intensified its attacks in northeast ukraine — rausing fears the city of kharkiv could soon be in range of its artillery. the border town of vovchansk has been heavily bombed. kharkiv�*s governor has said russia trying to stretch the front line — ukraine's commander in the area has been replaced. in another sign of the growing strain on kyiv — ukraine has said it will need record energy imports after russian attacks on infrastructure. as russia makes progress in the war, president putin is set to appoint a new defence minister, andrey belousov. like his predecessor sergei shoigu, he doesn't have much experience in the field. but he's one of putin's most influential economic advisers. and analysts say that may offer a clue to the russian leader's desire to fund his military ambitions. we'll have more on the changes in russia's defence hierachy in a moment — first james waterhouse has the latest on the fighting in ukraine. it's a front line at the moment which is more than 1000 kil

hello, i'm geeta guru—murthy, welcome to bbc news now. hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. we start here in the uk, as the first full week of campaigning gets under way ahead of the general election on july the 4th. the labour leader sir keir starmer has focused on security in his first major campaign speech. he's been telling undecided voters in west sussex — on the south coast of england — that his party will deliver stability. the labour party says if elected it will carry out a 100—day national security review, looking at all the threats facing britain. sir keir said m years of conservative "chaos" had damaged trust in politics and british institutions. and he said voters faced a choice about the future of the country . i have changed this labour party, dragged it back to service and i will do exactly the same for westminster. that is the choice at this election. service or self—interest. stability or chaos. a labour party that has changed, or a tory party that has run away from the mainstream. the choice is yours. you

good afternoon, i�*m geeta guru murthy, and welcome to this bbc local election special. this is what else we can expect over the next few hours. we are still awaiting results in the four remaining regional mayor races including greater manchester and the west midlands

hello, i'm geeta guru—murthy.hes facing. the adult film actress stormy daniels has taken to the witness stand again. she's already given the court some rather salacious details about the affair she claims she had with mr trump before he became president. he's denied her version of events. the fraud charges stem from alleged hush money payments which were made to ms daniels. here's what he had to say about the court case. here we sit after two and a half weeks and i think youll see some weeks and i think you'll see some very revealing things today. and i want to thank my lawyers, they've done a very good job. but i'd rather thank them after its over as opposed to now after it's over as opposed to now because we don't want them to get carried away. nada tawfik, our north america correspondent, is there. we already know that donald trump has been affected by stormy daniels' testimony because in court transcripts that were released

good afternoon, i'm geeta guru—murthy and welcome to this bbc local election special.n the last hour, the breaking news — labour are saying their candidate for the mayor of london, sadiq khan, is on course to win a record third term at the mayor of london. i should had a third constituency to declare and it showed a 5% swing in a constituency where the conservatives were ahead in 2021 but it has now been won by city down. let's get some more on those numbers now. nick eardley is watching the data for us. what we know so far and how significant is it that labour seem to be calling it, given the uncertainty we saw in the last 2a hours? uncertainty we saw in the last 24 hours? ., , ,., uncertainty we saw in the last 24 hours? ,, . ., ., hours? there was some speculation that race would _ hours? there was some speculation that race would be _ hours? there was some speculation that race would be tighter _ hours? there was some speculation that race would be tighter than - that race would be tighter than people thought but the figures were getting so far suggest that's not t

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good afternoon, i'm geeta guru—murthy and welcome to this bbc local election special.he bbc�*s polling expert john curtice has said he expects labour's sadiq khan to win the london mayoral election by around ten percentage points. this would give him a record third term as the mayor of london. there is speculation about a declaration from city hall in london taking place some time this afternoon. we are still awaiting results in greater manchester and the west midlands, where the conservatives will be hoping andy street can cling on. and we are also expecting results from a the remaining handful of councils yet to declare, as well as police and crime commissioners. let's get some analysis on the results that have come through overnight. our political correspondent, nick eardley, is in the newsroom. it's been a busy few hours. where are we now?— it's been a busy few hours. where are we now? yes, the big story so far this afternoon _ are we now? yes, the big story so far this afternoon is _ are we now? yes, the big story so far this afternoon is from - are we now? yes, t

good afternoon, i'm geeta guru—murthy and welcome to this bbc local election special. 5% swing in a constituency where the conservatives were ahead in 2021 but it has now been won by city down. let's get some more on those numbers now. nick eardley is watching the data for us. what we know so far and how significant is it that labour seem to be calling it, given the uncertainty we saw in the last 24 hours?

good afternoon, i'm geeta guru murthy, and welcome to this bbc local election special. the first resulst have started to come in, in the mayoral race in london, and in one constitency, merton and wansworth, sadiq khan looks set to win a third term as london mayor. labour have held onto their metro mayors in liverpool and south yorkshire. this is what else we can expect over the next few hours. we are still awaiting results in the four remaining regional mayor races including greater manchester and the west midlands where the tories will be hoping andy street can cling on. and, we are also expecting results from a the remaining handful of councils yet to declare, as well as ten police and crime commissioners. one, of course, was linked to south yorkshire. in the past half an hour, steve rotheram was declared the win er of the mayoral contest in liverpool. here he is speaking shortly after his victory was announced about what this result represents. today the people in our area have not only spoken, they have hollered at the top of their voices with two simple and clear m

good afternoon, i'm geeta guru—murthy and welcome to this bbc local election special. the mayor of london. there is speculation about a declaration from city hall in london taking place some time this afternoon. we are still awaiting results in greater manchester and the west midlands, where the conservatives will be hoping andy street can cling on. and we are also expecting results from a the remaining handful of councils yet to declare, as well as police and crime commissioners. let's get some analysis on the results that have come through overnight. our political correspondent, nick eardley, is in the newsroom. it's been a busy few hours. where are we now?

hello, i'm geeta guru—murthy.d trump has been found guilty on all counts in his hush money trial in new york. on all counts in his hush he called the verdict a disgrace, and claimed it was rigged against him. president biden said it showed that no one is above the law. this makes donald trump the first former us president to be convicted of criminal charges and the first major party candidate to run for office as a convicted felon. mr trump was found guilty of falsifying business records to conceal a sex scandal involving the former porn star, stormy daniels. mr trump's conviction has prompted an outpouring of anger from his most ardent supporters. many have taken to social media with incendiary calls for riots and retribution. the trial officially began on april 15th after a lengthy jury selection process. then, over the course of more than six weeks, testimony from donald trump's former business partners, including long—time lawyer michael cohen, and his accuser stormy daniels, were heard. 12 new yorkjurors deli

but we will have more . have more. >> well, that was geeta guru—murthy, the bbc presenter , guru—murthyat he used customary inflammatory language. >> yeah. so nigel farage has, gone onto social media and said that this is an example of bbc bias. so joining us now is howard cox, deputy leader of reform uk and parliamentary candidate for dover. howard just your reaction to begin with to that bbc clip we just played, nigel has come out and said this is bbc bias . is bbc bias. >> well, before i say that i'm not the deputy leader, i'm i'm just a spokesman for reform uk. but in terms of actually. >> sorry, howard. >> sorry, howard. >> no, i've been promoted. i said thank you very much. >> well, it seems that our little, name badge down there has accidentally promoted you. >> we'll get that fixed. but sorry. yeah, do go on. >> just to be clear, to clarify, david baldwin, ben habib, underneath richard tice as the leader. anyway yes. i mean, it's typical bbc. i was at that conference, today, you know, in doven conference, today, you know, in dover. i'm still in dover, here now, in the working me

good afternoon, i'm geeta guru murthy and welcome to this bbc local election special.abour's sadiq khan has secured a third term as the mayor of london with 44% of the vote, beating conservative candidate susan hall on 33%. elsewhere, in the last few hours, labour have secured victories in greater manchester, where andy burnham was re—elected with over 60% of the vote share, and in west yorkshire, where mayor tracy babin also won re—election. we'll bring you the remaining results as and when they happen. let's speak to reem ibrahim, who is a young conservative and political commentator, and communications officer at the institute of economic affairs. and communications officer at thank and communications officer at you forjoining us. vi watching thank you forjoining us. we are watching the west midlands. first of all on that, i don't know if you have heard anything but what... how disappointing would it be to lose that for andy street? we disappointing would it be to lose that for andy street?— that for andy street? we saw teesside's — that for andy street? we saw tees

hello, i�*m geeta guru—murthy. acts falling within the scope of article two and article three of the genocide convention, israel must take effective measures to ensure the unimpeded access to the gaza strip of any commission of inquiry, fact—finding mission, or other investigative body mandated by competent organs of the united nations to investigate allegations of genocide. thejudge speaking the judge speaking at the icj in the last couple of hours. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams is injerusalem. he told us more about the immediate reaction from israel. this was the measure that was anticipated, with some debate as to whether or not the court would finally take that additional step. no official reaction from the government so far. it is due to discuss this ruling later today. there is a reaction from the hardline finance minister itamar ben—gvir who has called it a relevant and he has dismissed the court as anti—semitic. these are the sorts of remarks you would expect to hear from some of mr netanyahu�*s m

hello, i'm geeta guru—murthy. conservatives have promised to increase the personal tax allowance for pensioners if they win the general election. they say the proposal would be worth £275 a year to each pensioner by the end of the decade. under the plans, the state pension would always remain below the tax—free threshold. rishi sunak says the scheme shows the conservatives are on the side of pensioners — but labour have called it "desperate". rishi sunak will be out campaigning in the midlands today. let's get more on this with nick eardley. what do you love about it? how do you win over older voters? it's a question politicians ask themselves a lot. pensioners tend to get out and vote. so today, an offer from the conservatives, that the basic state pension will never be liable for income tax. the simple fact is that this tax change, this triple lock plus, will mean going forward that millions of pensioners, eight million pensioners, in fact, will be paying less tax than they would otherwise be paying. and that is

and as i said before, geeta guru—murthy before at the brexit rally on january the sist, brexit rally remember independence day ? 31st, remember independence day? she did report from there. she commented on the ethnicity of the crowd. she called them very white. that attracted hundreds of complaints . that complaint of complaints. that complaint was not upheld. that time, the bbc stuck by their reporter, saying that she was accurately reflecting the ethnicity of the crowd or the quite why she had to refer to him in the first place is probably the point, but she's been forced this occasion into an embarrassing climbdown. now we can't go to olivia to talk about the incident earlier with editor dave, but can we just please show the clip because everyone's enjoying it so much. we've got ed davey, the liberal democrat leader . earlier liberal democrat leader. earlier on he was on lake windermere with his silky skills. look at this. hello. hello, sailor . keep this. hello. hello, sailor. keep watching. there he goes, port to starboard . whoops. he's up, he's starboard. whoops. he's up, he's

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hello, i�*m geeta guru—murthy.s candidates again. we stand with diane! but when it comes to the long—serving diane abbott, doubts swirl. last night, supporters gathered in her london constituency. she believes labour will not endorse her. the national party is insisting that i be banned. they haven�*t communicated with me personally. they haven�*t given a reason for banning me. they just want me excluded from parliament. sir keir starmer has said that�*s not true, but the party must finalise its list of mps next week. i will be the candidate for hackney north and stoke newington! cheering. the leaders of both main parties, meanwhile, are turning to the economy and taxes, trading blows and promises. in an article for today�*s telegraph, the chancellorjeremy hunt claims keir starmer and rachel reeves have a plan to increase vat. and they don�*t want you to know about it until after polling day. and he makes this commitment. a future conservative government will not increase income tax, national insurance or vat. that