hannah miller, thank ou ve years or so. hannah miller, thank you very much- — years or so.you very much. just _ years or so. hannah miller, thank you very much. just to _ years or so. hannah miller, thank you very much. just to let - years or so. hannah miller, thank you very much. just to let you - years or so. hannah miller, thank. you very much. just to let you know, the prime minister will give that speech and about half an hour, just under half an hour on bbc news, so stay with us, you can watch it alive when rishi sunak stands up to speak. the duke and duchess of sussex visited a school in lagos on the final day of their three—day tour of nigeria. our africa correspondent simijolaoso has more. singing another day, another celebration — this time in lagos and with young budding basketball stars who share a love for the game, like the duke. it brings people together and creates community, and there are no barriers. the princejoined the children in the drills — much to their delight. it was awesome and good. like, ifeel so happy. it was fun. and you were playing on court

let's go straight to our correspondent hannah miller.s news breaking in the last couple of minutes, but we understand that michael gove is not going to stand. understand that michael gove is not going to stand-— going to stand. michael gove, has throughout _ going to stand. michael gove, has throughout his _ going to stand. michael gove, has throughout his time _ going to stand. michael gove, has throughout his time as _ going to stand. michael gove, has throughout his time as cabinet - throughout his time as cabinet minister has it been a hugely controversial figure. minister has it been a hugely controversialfigure. he's done many things, he is widely regarded as being quite effective in many of the roles he's taken, but by being effective driven through some policies that some people absolutely love and others, frankly, don't like at all. when you think back to his time as education secretary, he was introducing academies which are now kind of widespread across england in terms of the way that children are educated, that'sjust terms o

officially closed last night, allowing full—scale campaigning to begin. 0ur political correspondent hannah milleras the latest. through the brexit campaign, borisjohnson�*s friend, but at times his greatest foe, michael gove wasn't afraid to make enemies, pushing through education reforms and serving under four prime ministers over nearly 20 years in parliament. but he says he has now concluded, "there comes a moment when you know it's time to leave, that a new generation should lead. rishi has the plan our country needs," he added. "i will do everything i can to support him." but as rishi sunak toured the titanic quarter in belfast,

hannah miller, bbc news. joining me now is lizzy buchan, deputy political editor at the daily mirror, and james hanson, times radio presenter and political commentator. hello to both of you. james definitely wins the best backdrop! leslie, what do you think about the number of mps who will be contesting their seats. words in the paper today like exodus and sinking ship are being spread around, aren't they? it has been quite dramatic in the last few— it has been quite dramatic in the last few days. there was a steady drip of— last few days. there was a steady drip of conservatives in the last six months and lots of people who have been— six months and lots of people who have been mps for a long time. it has been — have been mps for a long time. it has been a — have been mps for a long time. it has been a very turbulent parliament and you _ has been a very turbulent parliament and you can — has been a very turbulent parliament and you can see that some people might— and you can see that some people might want t

just around the cornerfrom hannah miller.here we're, thank you forjoining us. first of all, your reaction. were you surprised? there's been a lot of speculation building over the day but the timing of the election, do you welcome this summer date for the polls? absolutely. it's much more favourable than the winter election that the conservatives had us contesting in 2019. it's hugely disappointing for voters in scotland who have been treated with such disregard where the prime minister of the united kingdom calls a general election during scottish school holidays where many families will be away. we will mount a serious campaign to get people onto postal votes so they have not been structurally disenfranchised by the story prime minister. d0 structurally disenfranchised by the story prime minister.— structurally disenfranchised by the story prime minister. do you know, have ou story prime minister. do you know, have you done _ story prime minister. do you know, have you done any _ story prime minister. do you know, have you d

live now to westminster and our political correspondent, hannah miller. how many people have been detained. the home office has not given any details about their backgrounds. it will be at least nine weeks until the first flight to rwanda takes off and all of the individuals who have been detained still have the right to launch a legal challenge, if they believe that they should remain in the uk. so, why are we hearing about this now? the liberal democrats have suggested this announcement has been timed to coincide with the local elections, which are taking place tomorrow. rishi sunak, of course, has made stopping the boats are key campaign pledge and believe that sending people off to rwanda is a key part of that. there are questions also about the scale of the whole policy. official documents showed that around 5700 people have been earmarked as the first group of people to be sent to rwanda, more than that, more than 7000 people, have a dry on small boats so far this year. —— have arrived on small boats. hannah miller, our political correspondent, thank

hannah miller, bbc news.ue to deteriorate in southern brazilfollowing massive flooding and landslides with 70,000 residents forced from their homes. the government says at least 66 people have died and another 101 are missing. further rainfall is expected. brazil's president, lula da silva, is paying his second visit to the southern state of rio grande do sul in recent days, to witness first—hand the devastating week—long flooding and landslide. jon donnison reports. much of brazil's most southerly state is under water. roads turned into rivers and more than 25,000 people forced to flee their homes. translation: now, when i'm being rescued, i feel relieved, | but it's terrifying because we saw the water rise in an absurd way. it rose at a very high speed. after a week of storms and heavy rain, at least 500,000 people are without power and clean water. translation: i need a lot of help, a lot. i we have nowhere to sleep and nothing to eat. we have nothing. and the very young are being impacted, too. this tiny

hannah miller, bbc news. let's turn now to the middle east.aeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and the hamas leader, ismail haniyeh, have blamed each other for the failure so far to achieve a breakthrough in talks in cairo on a ceasefire in gaza and the release of israeli hostages. mr netanyahu has, once again, said that accepting hamas demands, including an end to the war in gaza, would be surrender. for his part, mr haniyeh has said that hamas is keen on reaching a comprehensive ceasefire, which would, in his words, end israeli aggression. one of the main sticking points appears to be whether the deal would be temporary or permanent, with hamas saying it would not accept any deal that did not explicitly include an end to the war in gaza. but in an interview with the bbc, an israeli minister said that even if all the hostages were released, they would not end the war in gaza and the operation on rafah would still go ahead. a reminder — rafah is a city in southern gaza, where more than a million palestinians are sheltering, after being move

hannah miller, bbc news.aeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, and the hamas leader, ismail haniyeh, have blamed each other for the failure so far to achieve a breakthrough in talks in cairo on a ceasefire in gaza and the release of israeli hostages. one of the crossings used to bring aid into gaza, kerem shalom, has been closed by the israeli military after rockets were fired by hamas. it comes as there's been another night of protests in israel, with tens of thousands calling for a deal to bring home hostages, held by hamas in gaza. talks to secure a ceasefire and release some of the hostages are resuming in cairo today. this morning israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, repeated his position that any ceasefire would not be permanent. with all the latest from jerusalem, here's frank gardner. in israel, the protests are getting louder. last night, thousands turned out to demand a ceasefire deal to secure the release of scores of hostages still held in gaza. people are hostages to the right—wing gove

hannah miller, bbc news. i don't want to promise you that.ms of the uvalde school massacre in texas two years ago are taking legal action against several major companies. they accuse the social media firm, meta, the maker of the "call of duty" video games, and a gun manufacturer of promoting dangerous weapons to teens like the attacker. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes sent this update. this was one of the worst school shootings in us history. and these are wrongful death lawsuits targeting not only the gun manufacturer — daniel defense — the 18—year—old responsible for this shooting had one of their guns, but also in these lawsuits targeting the developers of the video game call of duty and instagram. and the claim being that, in effect, these three organisations collaborated to market assault—style weapons to teenage boys, that these adolescent boys were, in effect, groomed to carry out the violent video game experiences, things that they had watched, but they were carry out those fantasies in real life. that is the claim. and in

hannah miller, bbc news.'s cross to the newsroom and speak to our political correspondent helen catt. they are out and about today, the leaders. talk us what they will be doing today and their focus. yes. leaders. talk us what they will be doing today and their focus. yes, we will be seeing _ doing today and their focus. yes, we will be seeing them _ doing today and their focus. yes, we will be seeing them out _ doing today and their focus. yes, we will be seeing them out in _ doing today and their focus. yes, we will be seeing them out in various i will be seeing them out in various locations across the country. rishi sunak has been out this morning in the north of england meeting veterans. it is a lower case bit of campaigning than we have seen from him in the last couple of days when he has been doing a frenetic tour of all four nations of the uk. today much more low—key, quieter. we are expecting sir keir starmer to be out later. he will be talking about the economy, during a big campaign events and also

hannah miller, bbc news.een another night of protests in israel, with tens of thousands calling for a deal to bring home hostages held by hamas in gaza. talks to secure a ceasefire and release some of the hostages are resuming in cairo today. this morning israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, repeated his position that any ceasefire would not be permanent. with all the latest from jerusalem, here's frank gardner. in israel, the protests are getting louder. last night, thousands turned out to demand a ceasefire deal to secure the release of scores of hostages still held in gaza. people are hostages to the right—wing government, and the people of gaza are hostages to hamas, and basically there has to be a way to overcome that. they are protesting because the last five months of military assaults on gaza have failed to release those israeli hostages. not everybody in israel wants this ceasefire deal. there are some, especially hardliners in the coalition government, who want to see instead an immediate mi

hannah miller, bbc news.'s speak to our political correspondent harry farley who is in the west midlands now. with keir starmer, i imagine. what is he up to and what will be the focus? �* , , ., ., focus? i'm in the bellwether seat of stafford, a seat _ focus? i'm in the bellwether seat of stafford, a seat at _ focus? i'm in the bellwether seat of stafford, a seat at the _ focus? i'm in the bellwether seat of stafford, a seat at the labour- focus? i'm in the bellwether seat of stafford, a seat at the labour party| stafford, a seat at the labour party need to take back of the conservatives if they are going to win that majority in the general election. we are expecting sir keir starmer to arrive in the next few minutes, we got labour activists here ready to speak to him and i'm told a few voters as well who voted conservative at the last election and are deciding to switch to labour, so a campaign visit for sir keir starmer here in what we call bellwether seat, that means the kind of area that usually votes in

hannah miller has been following him on the campaign bus. hello, hannah.ting in the way of the policies you are trying to announce? his response was essentially that he thinks that politicians should take people seriously but they don't necessarily need to take themselves too seriously. he was out doing a slip and slide enough room earlier, getting quite wet, butjust because it was raining. he did it more than once, very happy to get involved as ever. i actually had him saying he enjoyed it more than he thought he would do. he has been paddle boarding this week, freewheeling down the hill in a bicycle in mid wales, so having quite a good time and hoping the lib dems strategy is that these moments get them in the headlines, get them visibility, and ultimately, that that eventually translate into votes. ferrite ultimately, that that eventually translate into votes.— translate into votes. we are en'o in: translate into votes. we are enjoying the _ translate into votes. we are enjoying the pictures - translate into votes. we are enjoying the pictures again | t

tim parker, political reporter, bbc radio leicester hannah miller, political reporter, bbc news michael, political reporter, bbc radio kent. lovely to see you all. hannah, if i could start with you, and how the other party has responded to the conservative plant today. when you were up in the north—west you are following the lib dems. they were highlighting hundreds of thousands of pensioners would be dragged into paying income tax under the conservative blonde. do they support what the conservatives have laid out today? it’s what the conservatives have laid out toda ? �* , , today? it's quite interesting actuall , today? it's quite interesting actually, listening _ today? it's quite interesting actually, listening to - today? it's quite interesting actually, listening to the . today? it's quite interesting - actually, listening to the reaction to it, _ actually, listening to the reaction to it, because they raised an eyebrow, _ to it, because they raised an eyebrow, they were saying that it was hypocritical pointing to the conservatives record. they were talking _ conservatives record.

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our olitical the cuban missile crisis. 0ur political correspondent hannah miller joins political correspondentcies, but the prime minister interestingly did say that he felt the labour opposition was sort of talking down the uk and said maybe they could, as he put it, depress their way to victory. he was asked about the timing of the general election, could there be one injuly, but he did not answer that, hejust said the injuly, but he did not answer that, he just said the second half of this year. he just said the second half of this ear. . �* , he just said the second half of this ear. ., �* , , ., he just said the second half of this ear. . �*, ., ., , year. that's something we already knew, year. that's something we already knew. wasn't _ year. that's something we already knew, wasn't it? _ year. that's something we already knew, wasn't it? i _ year. that's something we already knew, wasn't it? i think— year. that's something we already knew, wasn't it? i think one - year. that's something we already knew, wasn't it? i think one of - year. that's something we already j knew, wasn't it? i t

hannah miller, bbc news.have the rest of the day �*s news now. israeli peace activists have started to organise patrols at one of the main crossings into gaza to make sure aid convoys get through unscathed. it comes after a spate of attacks by other israelis on lorries carrying food, medicine and other humanitarian supplies. 0ur diplomatic correspondent paul adams has the story. not everyone wants aid to reach gaza. some israelis are growing to great lengths to stop it. seems like this increasingly common in recent weeks. social media flooded with images of aid lorries blocked and ransacked. no—one too young to join in. ransacked. no-one too young to “oin in. �* ,, �* �* , ransacked. no-one too young to 'oin in. translation: it's important to sto the in. translation: it's important to step the aid. _ in. translation: it's important to stop the aid, this _ in. translation: it's important to stop the aid, this right-wing - stop the aid, this right—wing activist says. it's the only way will win — the only way we

hannah miller _ in 2019, in his words. leila nathoo, thank you. hannah miller is - thank you.hip strategies, aren�*t they? labour leadership strategies, aren't the ? , ., , they? yes, we have 'ust left bath and we h they? yes, we have 'ust left bath and we are heading _ they? yes, we have just left bath and we are heading into - they? yes, we have just left bath| and we are heading into somerset now. the lib dems are clearly targeting seats where they were second to the conservatives in 2019, with a clear strategy around that. they are not making big claims about their leader ed davey being the next prime minister or anything like that. instead, they are saying these are the places where we were second, these are the places where they are these are the places where they are the real challengers to the conservatives. you are seeing that throughout their messaging. they were talking today about mental health support in schools. they are pointing to the conservatives�* track record around that and saying the conservatives�* response might be that teams are being introduced, but t

we can cross live to westminster and our political correspondent hannah miller. it's been a difficult the last couple of weeks for the government because of those election results. presumably he'll want to change the subject now. yet another change the sub'ect now. yet another attem -t to change the subject now. yet another attempt to reset _ change the subject now. yet another attempt to reset the _ change the subject now. yet another attempt to reset the dial _ change the subject now. yet another attempt to reset the dial and - change the subject now. yet another attempt to reset the dial and talk . attempt to reset the dial and talk about what people can expect if conservatives get another term in office. rishi sunak is not even hiding that this beach is about a general election. he will stand there as prime minister and has the power to make changes and do the things he wants to do, but he is talking about the five years beyond whenever that general election will be held. we are not aware of any new policy that we are expecting to hear from him when he makes this speech in the nex

our political correspondent hannah miller has this report.

hannah miller, bbc news.ll of the results let's speak to our political correspondent in the newsroom, helen catt. after this set of results will there be crisis talks happening within the conservative party? there is certainly an interesting read here, and you can see various people coming out trying to give their prescription for how they should be fixed, because this was undeniably a very bad set of results for the conservatives. in terms of crisis talks, in terms of rishi sunak�*s position, at first glance, it appears that she is actually safe from a leadership challenge. that is because friday, those mps who have been talking up about potentially challenging him for the leadership have said that they were not going to do so. i think the fact that they did to retain their mayoralty entities valley did help him there. it looks like to listen to concerted push to move him as leader. does that mean it's all plain sailing for him? very much not. you heard suella braverman in that package talking about what she

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our political correspondent hannah miller has the latest.serving underfour prime ministers over nearly 20 years in parliament. but he says he's now concluded, "there comes a moment when you know "it's time to leave, that a new generation should lead. "rishi has the plan our country needs," he added, “'i will do everything i can to support him." but as rishi sunak toured the titanic quarter in belfast, the list of mps jumping ship continued to grow.

in a moment, we'll speak to harry farley in bristol and tomos morgan in bangor, but first to hannah miller another eye—catching photo stunt from ed davey, but with a political message too? absolutely, ed davey was asked this morning for that the insistence that he was doing it risked undermining the seriousness of the message and his response was essentially one who thinks the politicians should take people seriously, he does not think there is much need for them to take themselves too seriously and that has been his attitude throughout this campaign so far. he was in somerset this morning. happy to go down more than once for the cameras, i heard him saying afterwards he enjoyed it more than he expected but when he walked away from those moments, he takes questions about the liberal democrat policies and today he talked about putting a mental health practitioner into every primary and secondary school in england. that's looking at around... loss of sound. funded by tripling the tax on social media companies. all the assistance clearly are part of the strategy to capture the attention of pe

let's speak to hannah miller who's with the liberal democrats today. s's argument is _ agriculture? liberal democrats's argument is that _ agriculture? liberal democrats's argument is that the _ agriculture? liberal democrats's. argument is that the conservative party have let farmers down. they say that there needs to be more backing for farmers than this billion pounds would help. they're talking about the trade deals that have been down, particularly the one with australia which they say australia ought to be bound by greater climate change commitments in terms of the trade that they do on food and things there. i think here in this constituency in brecon, radnor and cwm tawe, as it is called, a potential vote winnerfor them. it's a big issue around here and there is the liberal democrats are campaigning. they have quite a few target seat in the west country, with the prime minister is today. he is not talking about farming as such today, but farming is a key part of the economy there, and an area of the economy there, and an area of the liberal demo

let's speak to our political correspondent hannah miller.might say, in this sense. but there is— sport, you might say, in this sense. but there is a — sport, you might say, in this sense. but there is a serious message behind — but there is a serious message behind it- _ but there is a serious message behind it— they're wanting to campaign on the issue of sewage being _ campaign on the issue of sewage being illegally dumped into rivers and lakes across the uk by water companies — they say they want tougher— companies — they say they want tougher regulation on that, they want _ tougher regulation on that, they want criminal sanctions, they want a sewage _ want criminal sanctions, they want a sewage tax. — want criminal sanctions, they want a sewage tax, they also want to put local people on the board of water companies so that they can really hold them — companies so that they can really hold them to account for their environmental targets. hold them to account for their environmentaltargets. so hold them to account for their environmental ta

hannah miller, bbc news.o some results with nick ardley. taste let's dig into some results with nick ardley-_ let's dig into some results with nick ardley. let's dig into some results with nick ardle . ~ . ., ., ., nick ardley. we are getting a lot of the results and _ nick ardley. we are getting a lot of the results and now— nick ardley. we are getting a lot of the results and now and _ nick ardley. we are getting a lot of the results and now and are - nick ardley. we are getting a lot of the results and now and are in - nick ardley. we are getting a lot of the results and now and are in a . the results and now and are in a pretty good place and we have got to the point where the bbc has published this. this is the projected national share of the vote and now a caveat to this and obviously the whole of the uk did not vote yesterday. scotland did not vote, northern ireland did not vote but if the whole country had voted in the same way that people voted yesterday, countrywide, this is the extrapolation that s

ed davey spoke to our correspondent hannah miller who asked about the triple plan. i hannah miller whoo is in work. what is your view on _ everybody who is in work. what is your view on labour's _ everybody who is in work. what is your view on labour's to - everybody who is in work. what is| your view on labour's to introduce the tax on private school fees? the liberal the tax on private school fees? tue: liberal democrats do the tax on private school fees? tt9 liberal democrats do not the tax on private school fees? tt9: liberal democrats do not support that because we do not think it is the way to improve education across the way to improve education across the board. we want to get more money into our state education we are going to put forward lots of very ambitious plans, way more ambitious than the labour party, to make sure that young people get the best start in life, and i am really looking forward to campaigning on our manifesto policies to improve education for everybody. do you think keir starmer _ education for everybody. do you think keir starmer would - education for eve

hannah miller, bbc news.et's go back to my colleague rajini vaidyanathan who is at the count in birmingham. all eyes on whether andy street can hold on for the conservatives. what is the latest there? ~ . , ., conservatives. what is the latest there? . , ., ., there? we have 'ust had an announcement _ there? we have just had an announcement here - there? we have just had an announcement here on - there? we have just had an i announcement here on stage there? we have just had an - announcement here on stage behind saying that it looks like they have concluded the count here in birmingham. there were a number of counts across the west midlands region, this isjust the one in birmingham city, and they said they will now basically feed that into the wider regional count. they still can't tell us when exactly that result might come but it does give you a sign of the speed and progress they have made here because earlier when we got here people furiously counting those yellow ballot papers that arrived in black plas

for more on this, we can go live to downing street and join our correspondence hannah miller.ompared to what we have heard throughout this year. we've been talking for a while but the question of when the general election will be, the speculation is now at a level it has not been at any point this year. there is a cabinet meeting due to begin here in downing street and less than an hour, and two ministers have changed their travel plans in order to be here. the foreign secretary has cut short a trip to albania to attend a meeting in london, and grant shapps the defence secretary was due to travel out of the uk this afternoon and we understand he has postponed the trip, although we were told he intends to travel at some point. there are rumours that some ministerial diaries are being cleared, which is further adding to the speculation, but we do not have anything concrete about what the prime minister might say, or even if the prime minister is going to say anything at all. just rows of cameras lined up your in downing street expecting something with very little concrete inform

hannah miller, with the liberal democrats.ign. in too early to tell who's going to win this campaign-— this campaign. in terms of issues that voters _ this campaign. in terms of issues that voters are _ this campaign. in terms of issues that voters are most _ this campaign. in terms of issues that voters are most concerned l that voters are most concerned about, you said to our producer you thought the nhs is currently underpriced, in terms of the sorts of things you are hearing. tell me more about why you have come to that conclusion. i more about why you have come to that conclusion. ., ,., , ., ., ,~' conclusion. i do, so when you ask voters what _ conclusion. i do, so when you ask voters what their _ conclusion. i do, so when you ask voters what their priorities i conclusion. i do, so when you ask voters what their priorities are, i voters what their priorities are, they normally say, the economy, the nhs, immigration, that changes depending on which group voters you ask, but broadly speaking they seem to be the most impor

let's speak to our politcal correspondent, hannah miller, whojoins us live from westminster we are waitinge in but as we get the broader picture with more results overnight, what is the political reaction? i results overnight, what is the political reaction?— results overnight, what is the political reaction? i think rishi sunak's position _ political reaction? i think rishi sunak's position as _ political reaction? i think rishi sunak's position as leader - political reaction? i think rishi sunak's position as leader of l sunak's position as leader of the conservative party and prime minister is looking pretty secure this morning. there had been rumours that if these elections went badly that if these elections went badly that his backbenchers might look to oust him and they have gone badly, but any sense that they are going to make any manoeuvres has dissipated pretty quickly. that's at least in part because there is no kind of clear alternative and no one who would want to step forward and leave the conservative party at this point. he's very much expected to take them into the general

hannah miller in mid wales.royal college of nursing has announced she is stepping down to try to become an mp. pat colin who led nurses across the country into unprecedented strike action said she will quit her role as the boss of the nurses union. it is understood she plans to stand for sinn fein in south tyrone. elsewhere today, south africans are waiting in one of the most pivotal elections. the anc who freed south africans from white majority rule could be... we arejoined by our correspondent. could be... we are “oined by our correspondent.— could be... we are “oined by our correspondent. across the country, ollina correspondent. across the country, polling stations _ correspondent. across the country, polling stations like _ correspondent. across the country, polling stations like this _ correspondent. across the country, polling stations like this have - polling stations like this have queues forming at that around them, millions of south africans are going to polling stations today to cast their vote in w

political correspondent hannah miller is in downing street.h this morning saying she wants to see the party stopping the boats, improving the nhs. she talks about big tax cuts as a way forward. but it is difficult to see what rishi sunak can do that will suddenly change the dial. the labour party, they are hugely emboldened by the results, these were local elections, there will be different priorities in a general election, but they see keir starmer as the leader people are willing to vote for, people feel comfortable with him as leader of the labour party. they know they have lost the trust of some people in muslim communities. there is clearly work to do to rebuild that. they think they are on track to get into number 10 whenever the next election comes around. . , .., 10 whenever the next election comes around. . , .,, ., around. larry the cat has 'oined ou, b around. larry the cat has 'oined you. by the i around. larry the cat has 'oined you, by the looks * around. larry the cat has 'oined you, by the looks of h around. larry the cat has '

our political correspondent, hannah miller, is in downing street for us now. there's still lots of mayoral results to come today? good morning, yes, and labour would be expected to win many of these that are up today, greater manchester, liverpool city region, west yorkshire, south yorkshire, there is no sense there will be any kind of upset in any of those. the two to look out for other west midlands and in london. to take those one by one, in the west midlands you have an incumbent mayor, andy street, he has been critical of some of his own party's decisions, critical of rishi sunak, he has distanced himself from the conservatives at times quite a bit. but has always been seen as a tight race and there is some sense that he may just about hang race and there is some sense that he mayjust about hang on, which psychologically at least would give the conservatives something else to point to. labour are already tempering expectations are describing it as a mixed picture, they suggest they may have done very well in some parts of the west midlands, but have said t

watching with me is our political correspondent, hannah miller. o see if there might be another one.— are watching to see if there might be another one. yes, lots of chatter in 'okes be another one. yes, lots of chatter in jokes around _ be another one. yes, lots of chatter in jokes around westminster, - be another one. yes, lots of chatter in jokes around westminster, aboutj in jokes around westminster, about if there is going to be a third defection... i don't think there is a huge amount in that, we are not currently expecting anything, but these things have surprised us before. the sensible viewers kind of potentially note that is not likely to happen. 0n the substance of what we are expecting to from the prime minister's questions, there is potentially a bit more of interest, we are expecting to hear a lot from keir starmer, the labour leader, pressing the prime minister and prisons, crime... and justice in particular. that comes after this morning, the government had to activate something called operation early don, which involves court appea

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leila nathoo, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent hannah miller is in our london newsroom. but clearly the campaigning is continuing apace.- clearly the campaigning is continuing apace. clearly the campaigning is continuin: aace. . , ., continuing apace. yeah, there is no letu - continuing apace. yeah, there is no letu in continuing apace. yeah, there is no letup in the — continuing apace. yeah, there is no letup in the general— continuing apace. yeah, there is no letup in the general election - letup in the general election campaign for the letup in the general election campaignforthe main letup in the general election campaign for the main party leaders, certainly. we are expecting a keynote speech, we are told, from keir starmer, the labour leader, this morning. and if you are watching this and thinking, i don't really know what keir starmer is about, or whether labour is really changed or anything, then it's kind of a speech which is aimed at you. he will be trying to admit that there are people who still have many questions about the labour party but take on some of tho

hannah miller, bbc news.. welcome to this election special, and extremely busy afternoon. cancel results from local authorities tumbling in all through the afternoon and the results of those all—important mayoral contest those all—importa nt mayoral contest as those all—important mayoral contest as well. and police and crime commissioners. let's bring you up—to—date with the state of the parties because both the labour and conservative parties were defending between 950 and 1000 council seats. well, you can see there, labour are on 572, we still have more results to come in and of course, but we are beginning to gauge quite clearly the pattern across the country. they have added 98, big losses there for the conservatives, despite their expectation management they are still pretty, pretty bad results. 203 councillors, they have lost 229, and the lib dems have added 33 to their tally of 192. they've also held their cancel so far. the independents are up two, 7a, 144 independents are up two, 74, 144 councillors,

we believe it there, hannah miller. thank you.s and and plaid greens and cmryu in bangor today. let's hearfrom them both. this has been the most ambitious launch of the greens and they say they're hoping to get four mps. there were a lot of speeches about the conservatives records, when the queen think of a poor one. more talk about labour's plans —— won the greens think of as a poor one. the greens think of as a poor one. the greens are no if they are to get any mps at the general election, they will have to beat labour and persuade voters that whether it is on cost of living, affordable housing or preventing the privatisation of the nhs, they will have to persuade voters they can offer a left—wing challenge, an alternative to sir your�*s party. they said that plaid cymru was the only party— they said that plaid cymru was the only party in wales that would keep labour— only party in wales that would keep labour in _ only party in wales that would keep labour in check and keep the tories out of— labour in check and keep the tories

let's go to our correspondent mike hannah is joining us live from the state department in washington dc. and mike, the state department spokesman us and matthew miller very much concerning. you know, those reports that we had been seeing for the past day closing on named officials concerning the shipment of farms being paused and why yes. as being consummation within the last 24 hours, the state department spokesman reconfirming that there has been a pause, but to be very precise about what he said. he would not going to the details of what the weaponry was, that within the next shipment that was posed, he would not give any further details. he says that his department of defense who know exactly what the width and so going and what particular shipment and at what time, however, the state department spokesman added as well. but the shipments are being reviewed . what this means is not entirely clear, but the one thing that we can take away from all of that is that at least one shipment of unspecified weapons has been paused for what reason? we do not know what the width and we do not know what's coming at this juncture. in the ongoing negotiations,

hannah, reporting from the state department, thank you very much. mike will come back to you if you hear anything more and you might not. because matthew miller was pretty clear, they're gonna take several hours to review this. and in his words, discuss it with their partners, which i assume means israel. but if you do hear something, you'll let us know immediately please. thank you very much, mike. we're learning some more information about the contents of this deal. here it is that the ceasefire proposal includes 3 phases, each of them lasting $42.00 days. so about 6 weeks, the 1st phase of the deal includes providing passage for displace palestinians to return to their homes. the 2nd phase of the deal includes the withdrawal of israeli troops and succession of military operations. in the 3rd stage of the deal is also a provision on ending the blockade on the gaza strip, which has been in place for 17 years. also 0 senior political analyst for one of the sharra joins us in the studio or one we were in the middle of something that we can't define yet because we have one side to this agreement that has accepted it. the other side hasn't. well