geetaj guru-murthy, get some rest at the guru—murthy, get some rest at the start of a busy election campaignt'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 see a? if you're going to give sunak a _ day how did you see a? if you're going to give sunak a credit - day how did you see a? if you're. going to give sunak a credit today we should give them credit for managing to keep it a secret for a fair amount managing to keep it a secret for a fairamount of time managing to keep it a secret for a fair amount of tim

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

guru—murthy. >> yeah. sister of krishnan . yeah. i looked it up. krishnan. yeah. i looked it up. i wondered as well. yeah. interesting because he's on channel 4, isn't he? yeah. do you not feel they should pick a channel? i mean , i know we had channel? i mean, i know we had two dimbleby's, one on radio and one on. really. i do kind of feel . i one on. really. i do kind of feel. i suppose one on. really. i do kind of feel . i suppose that's the two feel. i suppose that's the two of them. yeah. anyway what do you think, steve? is it. does it feel like he was being inflammatory to just quote tusk? >> well, it's not her job to say so. no, it's exactly the job of being a bbc newsreader is to not pass comment straight off the back of a clip. so. but i saw someone on twitter saying ofcom won't even look into this. well, they weren't because it was apologised for in broadcast. it's the kind of thing whenever we're on and lewis says anything and we have to say i apologise. yes, that's the only reason we managed to

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. 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

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

hello, i'm geeta guru murthy, welcome to bbc news now, welcome to bbc news now.

interestingly, she's krishnan guru—murthy is , a sister and the guru—murthy is, a sister and the familyiary statements about politicians . politicians. >> i remember a c—word. i won't tell you what that c—word is, ladies and gents, because it's tea time and i don't want to curl your hair. but you might remember that comment that bill's referring to. what did you make to that? >> it was clearly a breach. i'm glad she's apologised. she shouldn't have thought it, let alone said it. he did make it exceptionally clear that he was quoting, i believe, donald tusk, who is so far from being a brexiteer, little englander as you could possibly get, and i think he was demonstrating how broad the fears on this subject are. not just quoting himself. >> yeah, we've had a bit of this, haven't we? because i recall, for example, the reform party being described as far right and an apology had to be issued on that. i remember watching a press conference where they had, the union flags up and one of the commentators on sky, i think it was, was basically saying, oh, here we go. they've got their flags up. r

. >> well, that was, geeta guru—murthy, bbc presenter , guru—murthy, bbc presenter, saying that nigelage uses customary in inflammatory language, but in fact he was just quoting donald tusk, the prime minister of poland and former president of the eu council. yes. >> so nigel farage has come out swinging, as you might imagine, on his social media platforms, accusing the bbc of bias. get your views in gbnews.com/yoursay is the way to get in touch and also get in touch on that pension pledge. it's a big one. it's a big one. will it win over the grey vote? hold on to the, grey vote, as it were. >> but we want to know if you agree with nigel. do you think that the bbc was out of line there, or were they just accurately reporting what was going on? did you detect a slight hint of venom in the in the tone in which those words were said according, causing a lot of debate online in a pretty, pretty strident thing to say. as as it was out of a press conference, it was, shall we get your headlines with tatiana ? your headlines with tatiana? >> emily, thank you and good afternoon. the top storie

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

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.

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?

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

vivek murthy, who as you mentioned, described mental health as the defining public health crisis of oure, and he is right. together as we have traveled, we have spoken with hlt and communs about their efforts to provide mental health services to the youth. they have sharedith us some of the factors making this crisis even worse -- covid, social media, gun batteries climate anxiety. they have all exacerbated this crisis we have solutions. the solutions are out there to address these very real and common mental health challenges, but we have to take action. we have got to make sure we get these solutions out there. so we must provide each and every child with high quality and accessible and affordable health care. we have to expand school-based mental health services and counselor trainings and we more professionals as well. we have to create a safer and spaces, so critical. we have to push but we have to e more positive content on these platforms. also, there is physical activity. physical activity can boost mental health. it enhances mood and self-esteem. it helps us better manage our m

alarming ike inental health problems faced by your generation in particular surgeon general vivek murthy has called loneliness the crisis of our time the good news is that we're not as divided as you've been led to believe data shows that we still hold core american values in common there's been no monumental shift in our issue positions in the last half-century so it's time for a national coming together. we have to surrender are superficial differences and re-establish social and economic connectedness so as you embark on your careers, please give added consideration to citizenship ask yourself, how will you serve your neighborhood and your nation? maybe it'll be volunteer work or supporting youth athletics student exchange programs become a big brother or big sister, or otherwise figure out how you can be a mentor don't discount organized religion if you're a person of faith, whatever that faith might be, and support local media the opportunities are unlimited here's one more book recommendation the good life. >> it details a multi-generatio nal study that began in 1938 and continues

first, lyn following last night 85, 83, loss, the seattle we'll store murthy caitlin clark still findinger way, finishing with 21 points on 6416 shooting. she added seven rebounds and seven assists. so the fever now, oh, and five for the season next facing the la sparks and second overall wnba draft thick, cameron brink on friday you'll never happy to lose it's not fun. but at the same time like i don't know. i think there's just there's just a lot of things to build on and you know, that's what i'm trying to just be as positive as possible. continue or to stack days and our first one will be right around the chiefs are responding to criticism facing the team's kicker harrison butker after a polarizing recent commencement address led to a number of flashpoint discussions around women in the workplace. >> pride month, abortion, among others, patrick homes defending butker's character while head coaching can you read underscore players freedoms to express our opinion and casey, you're baltimore orioles streets is snapped after an incredible 106 series without being swept and an hour-and-a-

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

we can actually see akshata murthy, rishi sunak's wife . we saw david sunak's wife.w david cameron a moment ago. >> cameron is supposed to be in albania, isn't he? >> he flew back this afternoon for that important we can see grant shapps. i believe that's steve barclay as well. so the whole cabinet look like they are standing. chris heaton—harris , standing. chris heaton—harris, we're looking at a roll call of senior politicians, but jacob, this is what we're going to see again and again. and again in this campaign. is this going to be a campaign of rallies? well it's going to be a campaign of experience and people who are capable in doing their job and capable in doing theirjob and have been doing it for some time against people who are untested and were supporters of jeremy corbyn, who backed, a leader who'd been in favour of withdrawing from nato and all of that. >> it's going to be in an unsafe world. the tried and tested and those on the side of our armed forces and security against those who rallied around not so long ago. >> jeremy corbyn, an opinion poll toda

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not the first time that mr guru—murthy has had to apologise.rowd on the crowd on brexit day very white. on january the 31st. that attracted hundreds of complaints . now let's cross the wind a bit now and speak to gb news political correspondent olivia utley. olivia, welcome to the show. you're on the campaign trail with the lib dems. but first, let's address this reform matter. an embarrassing climb down there by the bbc after a comment this morning in dover that nigel farage made that wasn't even his own. it was that of the president of poland, donald tusk . donald tusk. >> well, absolutely. martin, nigel farage there was quoting the polish president, donald tusk , and the bbc comments were tusk, and the bbc comments were judged to be not meeting the bbc partiality. and within just one hour of the comments being made, the bbc had apologised. now the whole incident was pretty reminiscent to me, at least of the kutsero when nigel farage was de—banking and eventually the ceo of . has away, as we all the ceo of. has away, as we all know, of seizin

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

fronted by cathy newman and krishnan guru—murthy.p a see you next tuesday on the steps of downing street. itv have this lady saying things like this and last year it's 28,000 people arrived by by boat i >> -- >> so those numbers we've got twice as many ukrainians coming to the uk which were welcomed with opening arms. we had massive campaigns about it and it feels as though not all migrants are the same. we treat one sector of migrants slightly different from another, but not everybody is coming from a war torn country, are they ? torn country, are they? >> and then she goes on and presents their news bulletins. there is no way on earth that we would get away with that channel 4 had sir keir starmer on doing a lovely personality puff piece yesterday, cooking a tandoori salmon that is a promotional job for the labour party. now let me be very clear about this. gb news is under attack . there is news is under attack. there is a campaign to silence us. that campaign to silence us. that campaign started before we'd even launched as a tv

. >> well, this is how bbc newsreader greta guru—murthy, whose brother krishnan a complete coincidencen channel 4, reacted to nigel's speech . reacted to nigel's speech. >> 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. >> not particularly neutral there. the apology followed nigel farage now an apology earlier today we heard live from nigel farage speaking at that election event we just saw, and 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. >> i would like to apologise to mr farage and viewers for this and today a picture emerged that nigel might claim proves his point somewhat. >> the man who came third in the west midlands mayoral contest is stunning to be the mp in birmingham ladywood. here is his campaign poster. birmingham ladywood. here is his campaign poster . okay, so you've campaign poster. okay, so you've got the palestinian colours there and the slogan lend gaza your vote, all

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

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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