if you want to rishi sunak out of downing street, vote for the scottish national party.t it bluntly, across the uk, the tories are on course for a huge defeat, wipe out. voters in england are going to send them packing. that is not in doubt. and that begs the question, what kind of change, if any, is that going to mean at westminster? now, i'm not saying that labour are exactly the same as the tories. i'm not. but they are giving an awfully good impression of them. applause the only substantive change labour seem to be offering is to change their own principles. let me give you one really telling and worrying example. there are health spokesman, wes streeting, the man who in a few weeks�* time will be the uk government�*s health secretary, last week set out his plans for the nhs. he criticised the tories on the issue of the nhs and the private sector. fair enough, you might say. bad news. he was not criticising the tories for using the private sector too much. he was criticising the tories for not using the private sector enough. he went on to say he wanted to go further

the snp say if the win scottish national party.h national party. the snp say if they win a majority _ scottish national party. the snp say if they win a majority of _ scottish national party. the snp say if they win a majority of scottish - if they win a majority of scottish seats next month that would mean negotiations for a second independence referendum should begin. so... if you do not get a majority of scottish seats at westminster, what does that tell you about your mandate to ask for another referendum?— mandate to ask for another referendum? ~ ., ., ., ., referendum? what i want to do during the election campaign _ referendum? what i want to do during the election campaign is _ referendum? what i want to do during the election campaign is to _ the election campaign is to encourage people to vote for the snp to enable us to deliver on that policy commitment which is right at the heart. iliiui’iiiii policy commitment which is right at the heart. ~ , ., policy commitment which is right at the heart. ~ i. ., , the heart. will y

the scottish national party have the _ most tonight? the scottish national party have the most need _ most tonight? the scottish national party have the most need to - most tonight? the scottish national party have the most need to get - most tonight? the scottish national party have the most need to get the victory out of tonight. in the wake of some fairly traumatic events just a few weeks ago, hums the use of, that then snp leader ended the coalition with the greens but in the wake of that, he then found himself forced to resign as first minister because it looks as though he was going to lose a vote of no—confidence because of the events. in the leader of the snp has taken over but the snp since 2014 referendum in the wake of those events have fallen behind labor in terms of the popular vote and taking the three pulls they had sensed it as a laborer 36, snp 32. the snp have to turn those numbers around at least they have 45% of the vote in the last general election in the heaven dominated since 2019 but all of that is now very much

support is steadily going _ national party support is steadily going up — national party support that in the _ going up. we need to build on that in the course of the next few days. i'll party _ in the course of the next few days. i'll party is — in the course of the next few days. i'll party is together and our party is working — i'll party is together and our party is working hard for our successful results _ is working hard for our successful results in — is working hard for our successful results in this election. this election— results in this election. this election really matters. 0ur results in this election. this election really matters. our people are hurting — election really matters. our people are hurting today in scotland. they are hurting today in scotland. they are hurting — are hurting today in scotland. they are hurting because of the effects of 14 years — are hurting because of the effects of 14 years of conservative austerity. they are hurting because of the _ austerity. they are hurting because of the effect of brexit on every one of the effect of brexit on e

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other programs of the national riley party of a. but this one about doing nationality shows you are less and less welcoming from yes, even though you are afraid of she. some of the couple is considering leaving friends if the national valley party are asked to lead to next government parties. candidates in the border region did not respond to questions and stopped people from speaking to us, showing a growing divide in the region long symbolizing the french motto, i'll speak quality, liberty, and fraternity step for us. and i'll just be around at the french riviera. and that's it from me laura kyle will be back with the more news for you help on out to 0 of the african direct the the the growing up in an area like this way. you only see what this thing is good if you're really a good range i had serious, serious for, for the when i see what the i see they have the name. i want to get think the fresh what that into the remaining system because i loveless of it. please go to bundles of a letter about to become a to speak to a girl by d

the scottish national party is fortunate that we have the largest membership of any political party inand and, indeed, we've got more members than all the other parties combined. those members have been supporting our election campaign and enabling us to have the resources available, generated and raised from within our party membership base, to support us in campaigning. you have a lot fewer members than you used to have, part of that is because of concerns many voters in scotland also share about standards in the snp. if we just look at the recent past, you have the scandal around alex salmond, the former first minister's behaviour. nicola sturgeon was arrested. the party's former chief executive was charged with embezzlement. you are a very well respected politician who has been around the snp for a long time. would you understand if voters wanted to punish you at this election for all of that which has gone on? we have had a tough time, laura. i think that has been acknowledged, i've acknowledged that on a constant basis since i became first minister, just about seven weeks ago. i

le pen's national social party. mr. shahzovar hosseini , can you explain to us more about the second round of elections in france , why is it so serious? well, there are parliamentary elections there. different regions of france are similar to our parliamentary elections. for example, if a candidate gets less than 20% of votes in a region, he has to go to the second round with twice the number of candidates that the remaining seat needs . it is similar to our own elections. here it is that any representative who gets 50% plus one vote will get into the parliament in the first round , even now some representatives have brought this vote and won in the first round, but considering that this the number is small and according to the survey and the statistics obtained by the statistical institutes before the election will be determined, that is , it was already known almost before that the same order that i presented to you , that is, mrs. le pen's national community party, then the popular front coalition, and then mr. macr

the leader of the scottish national party, john swinney, has admitted his party needs to rebuild trustals. he was speaking this morning on sunday with laura kuenssberg. we have had a tough time, laura. i think that has been acknowledged, i've acknowledged that on a constant basis since i became first minister, just about seven weeks ago. i have been very candid about the fact that i recognise that the snp has had that tough time, and myjob is to rebuild the trust between the public of scotland and the scottish national party. let's speak to the bbc scotland political correspondent lynsey bews who's in glasgow for us. how important is that question of trust for voters? this how important is that question of trust for voters?— trust for voters? this is an issue john trust for voters? this is an issue john swinney — trust for voters? this is an issue john swinney has _ trust for voters? this is an issue john swinney has returned - trust for voters? this is an issue john swinney has returned to i trust for voters? this is an issue l john swinney has returned to time and time again in this

the scottish national party also defended the party's spending habits. £80 million which were agreedhoice made at the election. we believe that there should be investment in our nhs and public services. we have two get away from this race to the bottom and austerity. it does not work. it has broken the fabric of society. keir starmer would want to continue with that knowing the damage has cuts. it is beyond me. we need scottish mps in westminster putting scotland first. scottish mps in westminster putting scotland first-— scotland first. harry, people have seen nigel— scotland first. harry, people have seen nigel farage _ scotland first. harry, people have seen nigel farage taking - scotland first. harry, people have seen nigel farage taking the - scotland first. harry, people havel seen nigel farage taking the stage at a rally earlier criticising keir starmer and rishi sunak. what more did he have to say? fine starmer and rishi sunak. what more did he have to say?— did he have to say? one of the bi est did he have to say? one of the biggest rallies _ did he have to say? one of the bi

possibly the far right national party. born as a foreigner you will no longer get french citizenship. this would give benefits for french over immigrants which is highly contentious. but the national rally is highly opinion polls and possibly will hold government here since the first time since the second world war. this will happen if no candidate gets above the 50%. we brought together people who are not going to vote for this party. you are going to stick with emmanuel macron's centrist coalition. this is a gamble. has and it fell before? i don't think that it has failed. i think— don't think that it has failed. i think we — don't think that it has failed. i think we are going to see tonight. i don't _ think we are going to see tonight. i don't think— think we are going to see tonight. i don't think he had any choice anyway~ _ don't think he had any choice an a . ~ g don't think he had any choice anyway.- because - don't think he had any choice anyway.- because it - don't think he had any choice | anyway.- because it wa

westminster leader stephen flynn will make the case for the scottish national party. n party, their leader -- and nigel is there for reform u.k. after he recently became the party leader. discussing that in more detail, rob olson is with us. this debate has only just become -- begun. what are the main highlights? it has been remarkably -- >> it has been remarkably civilized. what do i make of it? all -- follows around the predictable path that they are given this public form on bbc television. the smaller parties have essentially been trying to make the case none of the above when it comes to labor and conservative. which you would expect. if you want things to change, don't vote for the two main parties as they say. you would have never have expected penny morton representing the conservative party. a mighty hammering over the way in which public services in this country have really been stretched over the last few years. nigel farage recently returned to center stage of politics with reform. he has been saying it should be an election all about immigration. interesti

weeks, after which parliamentary power could be in the hands of marine le pen�*s far—right national rally party would that mean for france, for europe? well, my guest is national rally member of the european parliament, fabrice leggeri. fabrice leggeri in paris, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for the invitation. it's great to have you on the show. let's start with your own personal political choice. you were a french bureaucrat, then you went to brussels to run an eu agency, then you decided to enter partisan politics not very long ago, and you joined the national rally party. what was it about marine le pen�*s party that attracted you? well, in fact, as the former executive director of frontex, the european border and coastguard agency, i realised that at some point brussels and especially the european commission didn't want to properly control the external borders of the european union, so we had to face — and we still have to face — massive illegal immigration flows. and what i realised — that, officially, my mandate, my mission was officially to create a european corps of border and coastgu

voters in each country vote for national parties. their candidates are then distributed among the europeanactions. a member of the european parliament cannot be a member of the national government or parliament, nor hold positions in eu institutions. at the first plenary meeting, which will be held from june 16 to 19, deputies will elect the president of the european parliament. the period of his powers is 2 s. half a year, in september deputies will have to determine. with a candidate for the post of head of the european commission. this post is currently occupied by ursola vonderijn. the european parliament is, in fact, the only institution of the european union that is directly elected. the european council consists of ministers and heads of government of european countries. and the second and most influential - the european commission actually consists of officials appointed by the governments of the eu countries. uniqueness. social atmosphere in the old world, vote in these elections with their hearts, because the state of europeans' wallets practically does not depend on the composit

the scottish national party is fortunate that we have the largest membership of any political party intland and, indeed, we've got more members than all the other parties combined. those members have been supporting our election campaign and enabling us to have the resources available, generated and raised from within our party membership base, to support us in campaigning. you membership base, to support us in campaigning-— campaigning. you have a lot fewer members than _ campaigning. you have a lot fewer members than you _ campaigning. you have a lot fewer members than you used _ campaigning. you have a lot fewer members than you used to - campaigning. you have a lot fewer members than you used to have, i campaigning. you have a lot fewer i members than you used to have, part of that is because of concerns many voters in scotland also share about standards in the snp. if we just look at the recent past, you have the scandal around alex salmond, the former first minister's behaviour. nicola sturgeon was arrested. the party former chief executive was charged with embezzlement. you are

we are just listening to the leader of the scottish national party, john swinney, as he formally launchesarty's election campaign. he said his priority is to put scotland first. he said the people of scotland want to get rid of a disastrous tory government and he says although labour are giving an awfully good impression of them as well. you can listen to the rest of whatjohn swinney has to say on the bbc news website and mobile app. let's get some reaction now to what john swinney has been saying in glasgow. liz lloyd is the former chief of staff to the former snp leader and first minister nicola sturgeon. liz, thank you very much forjoining us again. we spoke beforejohn swinney forjoining us again. we spoke before john swinney started forjoining us again. we spoke beforejohn swinney started speaking before john swinney started speaking and it is good to have you with us again. john swinney saying clarity to get rid of the conservatives, but also urging people and telling neighbour not to assume that scotland is a done dealfor them either. what you make of whatjohn swinney had to say? th

the scottish national party leader, john swinney, will formally launch the party's general election campaignly. this is the scene the rally in glasgow, he will urge people to vote snp to put scotland's interests first — and will say independence offers the country a "better future". let's speak to liz lloyd — former chief of staff to former snp leader and first minister nicola sturgeon. thank you festival for joining thank you festival forjoining thank you festivalforjoining us on bbc thank you festival forjoining thank you festivalforjoining us on bbc news. thank you festival forjoining thank you festivalforjoining us on bbc news. what thank you festival forjoining thank you festivalforjoining us on bbc news. what weeks, thank you festival forjoining thank you festivalforjoining us on bbc news. what weeks, expecting thank you festival forjoining thank you festivalforjoining us on bbc news. what weeks, expecting john swinney to say today because my people in scotland should vote snp to put scotland first? what you expect them to savour how they will achieve that? i expect them to savour how

i spoke to david linden, the socialjustice spokesperson for the scottish national party. i began by asking him how his party can address a vote for independence, when both the conservatives and labour have refused to discuss another independence referendum. we will continue to do as we always do, which is to make the democratic argument. sir keir starmer and his pro—brexit labour party have gone into this campaign asking the population at large to endorse their manifesto. the fact is that the snp has consistently stood on manifestos pledging that scotland's future should be in scotland's hands, not that of a westminster government we didn't elect. the challenge for us here is to ensure that the labour party and indeed the conservative party actually respect democracy in scotland, because if they don't i suspect they'll get rather short shrift from an electorate, that, with every passing day of this campaign struggles to see much difference between them. mr linden, looking at some of the polls they suggest that your party could halve the number of seats at westminster. of c

it nationals in social welfare. still a very hard line party.— nationals in social welfare. xtreme _ very hard line party. it has been on the extreme left. _ very hard line party. it has been on the extreme left. i _ very hard line party. it has been on the extreme left. i live _ very hard line party. it has been on the extreme left. i live in - very hard line party. it has been on the extreme left. i live in a - the extreme left. i live in a neighbourhood talking to british people, american people, they are uncomfortable formalities. french identity need to make huge comeback. stay where you are. thank you for your thoughts. joining me now is our reporter chris bocman from the southern city toulouse. we don't have him yet. we will go to him shortly to get the view in south—west of the country. we have live pictures coming now from the national rally. thejubilant national rally. the jubilant supporters, national rally. thejubilant supporters, marine le pen coming on stage. very... they will be welcoming her. this is a woman who has desperately wanted a victory pushing her you

i spoke to david linden, the socialjustice spokesperson for the scottish national party. o discuss another independence referendum. we will continue to do as we always do, which is to make the democratic argument. sir keir starmer and his pro—brexit labour party have gone into this campaign asking the population at large to endorse their manifesto.

the national valley party once fenced to reinstate national borders. a phone and say plans by default, right? to type in border controls even further, i'll only unrealistic contain rest rick, that's forced as refugees. and mike wants to take more dangerous routes, but with immigration being one of the main election themes, these are plants, a large number of photos, like to hear. the national rally party also wants to introduce a system of national preference, which will exclude millions of non french nationals from social benefits. and to exclude people with you will nationalities from certain positions in this home from new list to 20 or it's direction. and for us citizens with different nationalities, it's not easy to live in a country that no longer want sauce threatens awesome tells us we are no longer welcome while we participate in the french academy. we study to pay taxes on how dare run several restaurants with her husband and niece. originally from tunisia, i couldn't move here from italy. 12 years ago. we now have both friends and to nation

and national rally party wants friends to reinstate national borders. a phone and say plans by default right to tight and border controls even further are only unrealistic and pain restoration that's forced as refugees and life wants to take more dangerous routes. but with immigration being one of the main election themes, these are plants. a large number of photos like to here. the national rally party also wants to introduce the system of national preference, which will exclude millions of non french nationals from social benefits. and to exclude people with you will nationalities from certain positions. and that's hopeful new list to 20 or it's direction and for us citizens with different nationalities. it's not easy to live in a country that no longer wants us threatens. austin tells us we are no longer welcome. while we participate in the french academy, we study to pay taxes on how dare run several restaurants with her husband and niece. originally from tunisia, i couldn't move here from italy. 12 years ago. we now have both friends and to nation

the former leader of the national party of scotland, referring to the upcoming elections in england toermine the representatives of the house of commons and the next government of this country, says: "the labor party will probably win in this election, but the reform party led by nigel farage, according to the experts, will even beat the ruling party. conservatives are also ahead. in germany, in france, in america, it shows that this is planned by a series of politicians, with the support of the media . a number of analysts in england believe that the inability of some western governments to contain crises the political, economic and social situation of their country has caused them to blame the muslims instead of condemning their own incompetence and introduce them as the cause of all the problems of these countries. apparently, muslims have become an easy target in western countries. mojtaba ghasemzadeh, radio news agency, london. specialists of the national research institute of oceanography and atmospheric sciences of the country succeeded in building a directional wave recorder to

france's four main left—leaning and green parties that came together to try to block the far—right party, the national, are exact, because at the moment the exit polls from this first round of the french parliamentary elections shall be national rally, that far—right party have 34% of the vote, and this alliance of left—leaning parties, the new popularfront left—leaning parties, the new popular front are on 28.1%. with present macron's ensemble on 20.3%. we are watching these live images as france comes to terms with what has happened. now the focus will be on the second round, we were looking at how the second round will work in terms of the weekend, looking to see... i believe we don't have translation to hear in but you can see the strength of feeling following france's far right national rally making those big gains in the first round of the parliamentary election, according to the exit polls. the voting ended earlier today. the live images live in paris. let's turn from the french election to the football tournament the euros 2024. england have come within a minute of being knocked out — but mana

the leader of the scottish national party, john swinney, has been campaigning in glasgow today. y would tackle child poverty and austerity. he raised concerns about the level of support for the labour party and said snp mps would be able to hold labour to account in parliament, should it win government. alison in byres road in the glasgow north constituency, and to give alison my wholehearted support for her successful election as the mp for this constituency on thursday. we fought a really strong campaign throughout this election campaign, and over the course of the next few days we have got a lot of work to do to make sure that we strengthen the position of the scottish national party and get an outstanding result for scotland. if we look at the polls, what the polls are showing us is that labour support in scotland is steadily coming down, and scottish national party support is steadily going up. we need to build on that in the course of the next few days. applause. our party is together and our party is working hard for our successful results in this election. the liberal dem

and in the coming hoursjohn swinney, leader of the scottish national party will formally launch the party'sign. he's hoping to gain ground from conservatives in north—east scotland. with me is our political correspondent ione wells. what do we need to look out for? from labour that is the pledge from keir starmer to cut net migration and he says the way the party would do this would be by training more uk workers to by punishing employers and firms who don't pay workers very high wages and employ lots of cheap labourfrom abroad and if high wages and employ lots of cheap labour from abroad and if they don't pay people a proper wages they could be banned from hiring foreign workers. when yvette cooper was asked what numbers labour would look to bring that number down to she did not give a specific answer. we to bring that number down to she did not give a specific answer.— not give a specific answer. we would exect to not give a specific answer. we would meet to see _ not give a specific answer. we would meet to see the — not give a specific answer. we would expect to see the numbers - not gi

party. the national republican party and their political stars are pretty extreme.y spend their time on capitol hill relitigating the origins of the covid virus, bickering about the vaccines, calling for the jailing of anthony fauci, and falsely accusing president biden of persecuting donald trump and even trying to kill him. >> we should be writing a criminal referral because you should be prosecuted for crimes against humanity. you belong in prison, dr. fauci. >> we either get this government back on our side, or dedefund and get rid of, abolish the fbi, cdc, atf. >> for the first time in american history, we do have a presidential administration that's working to put its opponent in jail. i mean, that's a fact. >> and while they're doing all of that, the former normmys among them are cos playing as mini marjorie taylor greenes and matt gaetz's. while they're doing that, the leader of the maga party is calling for mass deportations, entertaining the thoughts of shooting border crossers and protesters, selling out our country's environmental future to the highest b

and in the coming hours john swinney, leader of the scottish national party, will formally launch the's campaign, where he'll argue independence offers the country a "better future". here is our political correspondent ione wells. immigration is a sticky issue in this campaign and both major parties say they want to control it. labour says it would train more uk workers to fill skills shortages and it says firms that pay exploitative wages would be banned from hiring foreign workers. but labour have not put a figure on how much they would reduce it by, or a timeframe for when. i much they would reduce it by, or a timeframe for when.— much they would reduce it by, or a timeframe for when. i know that you are effectively _ timeframe for when. i know that you are effectively trying _ timeframe for when. i know that you are effectively trying to _ timeframe for when. i know that you are effectively trying to suggest - timeframe for when. i know that you are effectively trying to suggest i - are effectively trying to suggest i set a target or a broad target, i am not going to do that. we a

weeks, after which parliamentary power could be in the hands of marine le pen�*s far—right national rally partyat would that mean for france, for europe? well, my guest is national rally member of the european parliament, fabrice leggeri. is the stability of france at stake? fabrice leggeri in paris, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for the invitation. it's great to have you on the show. let's start with your own personal political choice. you were a french bureaucrat, then you went to brussels to run an eu agency, then you decided to enter partisan politics not very long ago, and you joined the national rally party. what was it about marine le pen�*s party that attracted you? well, in fact, as the former executive director of frontex, the european border and coastguard agency, i realised that at some point brussels and especially the european commission didn't want to properly control the external borders of the european union, so we had to face — and we still have to face — massive illegal immigration flows. and what i realised — that, officially, my mandate, my mission was officially to create

the scottish national party leader, john swinney, will formally launch the party's general election campaignrests first — and will say independence offers the country a "better future". let's speak to liz lloyd — former chief of staff to former snp leader and first minister nicola sturgeon.

the election is _ the british national party.this time in terms of social media investigations. 0ne terms of social media investigations. one wonders whether why these candidates were invited properly before they got their names on the ballot paper? it properly before they got their names on the ballot paper?— on the ballot paper? it will certainly — on the ballot paper? it will certainly be _ on the ballot paper? it will certainly be a _ on the ballot paper? it will certainly be a question - on the ballot paper? it will. certainly be a question asked on the ballot paper? it will- certainly be a question asked in scottish labour h keep and reform hq today. it has been a development over the last three or so general elections, because people have so much more social media presence and so many more years worth of stuff that they have often put out online in contrast to earlier times, there is more therefore rival parties or enterprising journalists to come through and find out. the parties will often say that that is not a guide to

the scottish national party is in power north of the border. dals. he was speaking this morning on sunday with laura kuenssberg. reverted of time and we'll acknowledge that in a constant basis instead become first minster and have been very candid about the fact that i recognise that the scottish national parties at the tough time with rebuild the trust and that is what i am focused on his first minister. on the election campaign very quickly after becoming first minister but i've always acknowledge this my representation of those who have chosen for me to go to parliament that you have to work constantly to build the trust the experience of ministers and that is exactly what i would do is leader of the scottish national party is the first minister of scotland. bbc scotland political correspondent lynsey bews is in glasgow for us, and gave us this update on how the snp is working to rebuild trust with voters. this is an issue thatjohn has returned to time and again and this election campaign, acknowledging the tough times that his parties had re

national parties that are not currently part of groups can play a decisive role in this matter.ll be difficult for us. france and germany are the two pillars of the european union, around which the rest of the countries have been able to consolidate for a long time. the growing political crisis broke the unity and actually started the reverse process. about the inevitable transformation of collective europe. andrey sych in the screenshot section. and while europe is trying to maintain unity, belarus is developing interaction with reliable partners. cuba and belarus are long-time friends, we are jointly resisting sanctions pressure, prime minister roman golovchenko stated this at a meeting with the deputy prime minister of this country. recently, two-way dialogue has become more active. and it is necessary to put an end to this issue start working specifically. joint projects in medicine, industrial cooperation. no one hides the fact that international trade and the financial system have become a weapon to punish dissent. there is no end to unilateral coercive measures under fals

the pens at national riley party could lead the 1st or right government since the 2nd world war and hundreds of thousands of demonstrators turned out nationwide. here's what some have to say. we have to stop the national rally party from a point in the prime minister. it's a threat to all the democracy of a freelance and the reputation of our country. and that is all they turn the country upside down and pick people against each other. they'd be no social progress, but they mean power was accepted. there is a level of cynicism in the mental ma, chrome, non politics today. it's benefited fashions dynamic, which is dangerous for everyone to those of us to, to, to visit us on the last election or any sort of 50 percent. turn out. so half the people on even 14 people need to go out and vote. they should make a conscious choice to avoid waking up with a bad hangover on july. i think the one to review when dw sonya found the car in paris and she is more on what drove so many protesters to turn out on saturday as well. these are definitely some of the biggest demonstrations against the far right th

the scottish national party has issued its manifesto and boldly declared itself to be the most left wing party, and promised an independent scotland would re—enter the european union. i'll be looking at the match made in hell as vladimir putin visits north korea and signs a mutual defence pact with kim jong un, and our speech to the former lord chancellor, sir robert buckland, who has called for an amnesty for covid fines. state of the nation stars bts now . now. i'll be joined by my panel historian and broadcaster tessa dunlop and associate comment editor of the telegraph , mumtaz editor of the telegraph, mumtaz ahmed. now it's time for the news bulletin with polly middlehurst . middlehurst. >> michael, thank you and good evening to you. well, the top story from the newsroom tonight is that a new poll is forecasting the worst election defeat for the conservative party in its nearly 200 year history. yougov's latest study projects 425 seats for labour, which is 125 more than they won in 2019. that would leave the tories with just 108 seats and the lib dems with 67, 20 going to the snp an

the decision follows the resignation earlier this month of central national unity party leader of any guns. the war cabinets was formed shortly after the october 7th terror attacks on southern israel, also coming up world leaders back ukraine's independence and territorial integrity at a summit in switzerland. they also call for dialogue with russia who is not invited to the top. the article for link is quite happy with us and he's really official says that prime minister benjamin yeah. last dissolve. the country's war cabinet. that's after minister penny guns and his national unity party quit the government on june 9th. the move comes as israel continues its military operations in the gaza strip. israel's army has said it would implement a daily tactical pause along a road in southern gaza to allow a deliveries through the key care them shall long border crossing. earlier we spoke to the w, corresponded rebecca rivers in jerusalem and asked her why benjamin netanyahu has dissolved at the war cabinet now as well, just hasn't come. as a surprise, nicole, it was largely expected off of

party. and then his idea for young people. nationalitary option will be something people choose to do. how would you make people do it? you have a set of sanctions and incentives. there is all sorts of things that people do across europe, whether that is looking at driving licences, other access to finance, all sorts of other things. access to finance ? so if people don't want to do national service, what, will take their bank cards away? what do you mean? there are lots of different models around europe. they can't get a loan? next, the man who polls suggest is likely to be prime minister two weeks tomorrow, and a sticky wicket over a remark he made five years ago aboutjeremy corbyn. you said he would make a great prime minister, did you mean it? it wasn't a question that really arose because i didn't think we would win the election. we all heard you say he would be a great prime minister and that is your way of telling people here to vote for him. did you not mean it? iwas campaigning for the labour party, and i am glad i did. you al

almost all national parties lost support. those who add gun oil to the fire of the ukrainian conflict and alexander lukashenko warned about this back in 2022. europe has sobered up, if the european leaders do not understand the situation, they don’t need this war, in their home, on the doorstep, they will sweep away both scholz and macron, look, this is what will happen. macron's party collected half as many votes as the opposition, little manyu, clearly did not expect such results. it turns out that the french are interested. his photo shoots with photoshopped popeye the sailor biceps, and prices at gas station stores. a week before the european parliament elections, a sociological company published the results of a study. 47% of respondents named their main problem as the rising cost of living. this topic became the determining factor in the voters' decision. in fact, there is a certain parallelism between trump in america and marine le pen in france. depths anti-elitist movement in the present, and what is surprising is that young people in france have been seduced by this argument

the national rally party also wants to introduce a system of national preference, which will exclude millions of non french nationals from social benefits. and to exclude people with you will nationalities from certain positions and that's hopeful normally is to 20 on it's direction. and for us citizens with different nationalities. it's not easy to live in a country that no longer want sauce threatens austin tells us we are no longer welcome while we participate in the french academy. we study to pay taxes on how dare run several restaurants with her husband and niece. originally from tunisia, i couldn't move here from italy 12 years ago. we now have both friends and to nation nationality since older shows it's, it doesn't move on to all these measures, make us do a national feel like 2nd class citizens. other programs of the national riley party and of a but this one about doing nationality shows you are less and less well is coming from the even though you are a french on the capital is considering leaving france if the national valley party are asked to lead to next government pa

so what is the national rally party doing to try to attract female voters ? on the streets of paris. one study said that actually more women than men voted for the national rally party in the recent european parliamentary elections. and because of that, the party is trying desperately to gain votes from those women. now, feminists are arguing that actually the party is exploiting women's rights in order to advance their agenda. now, of course, they're the biggest opponent, opponent to president macron's party, the renaissance group, and he believes that he's the president who's most consistently defended women with his policies. but either way, the women and the protesters today willjust hope that women and women's rights will be at the forefront of discussion ahead of the upcoming election. there's been an angry reaction in india to the health ministry cancelling a crucial entrance test withjust 12 hours' notice. the decision to delay postgraduate medical course exams was made after allegations of irregularities and cheating in other nationwide tests. more t

party. and then his idea for young people. nationalce will be compulsory, the military option will be something people choose to do. how would you make people do it? you have a set of sanctions and incentives. there is all sorts of things that people do across europe, whether that is looking at driving licences, other access to finance, all sorts of other things. access to finance ? so if people don't want to do national service, what, will take their bank cards away? what do you mean? there are lots of different models around europe. they can't get a loan? next, the man who polls suggest is likely to be prime minister two weeks tomorrow, and a sticky wicket over a remark he made five years ago aboutjeremy corbyn. you said he would make a great prime minister, did you mean it? it wasn't a question that really arose because i didn't think we would win the election. we all heard you say he would be a great prime minister and that is your way of telling people here to vote for him. did you not mean it? i was campaigning for the labour par

i'm michael portillo, the scottish national party today issued its manifesto boldly claiming it to behe most left wing of all the parties in the election . parties in the election. independence remains on the agenda and their manifesto also included a promise that an independent scotland would rejoin the european union. we would, of course, have loved to have had someone from the snp on today, but unfortunately they couldn't be here. i'm delighted to be joined by alba party msp ash regan. ash, welcome to the programme and thank you very much for joining programme and thank you very much forjoining us. much for joining us. >> good evening to you. >> good evening to you. >> as you understand , it is the >> as you understand, it is the snp position that the general election will form some kind of referendum on the matter of scottish independence, that if the scottish nationalists had a more seats than anybody else, that would be the gateway to another referendum on. >> well, i think that's the way that the snp are setting it out. my that the snp are setting it out. my view would be that

spectrum of motors, turning their backs on europe, screen parties, and looking towards the identity and democracy group. that includes the far right national list and populace parties, many of them euro skeptics, but not in germany's a f d, which was expelled from that block. they now fall under the non aligned and independent delegates. i am for more analysis i can walk in our corresponding christine moons, why she's with me in the studio perceive that we heard was it a funny line there? she seems fairly optimistic that she will be able to serve for a 2nd term. but the rise of the euro skeptics in the parliament are promising to make that a little tougher then she would like. right? yeah. and, and that is because at, in order to secure a 2nd to them as the commission present, this is all giving you the most powerful position into your opinion funded. i will need the backend of part of she needs a majority in parliament, and that essentially means that any piece have to vote for her. it's not quite a given now that she's going to get that strong dominance that she's speaking because as you rightly points out these, your escape take any pie

this is the far right national rally party.ne on immigration, for example, wants to stop the automatic right of foreigners born here in france to get french nationality. they want to give priority to french people over immigrants in terms of social welfare spending. so there is going to be a huge push from the opposition to try to block the far right from getting that absolute majority, potentially forcing france into a hung parliament and potentially paralysis as well. remember, president macron came to power here pledging to revive the political centre to bridge right and left. what he's actually done and what has happened under his watch, is to polarise and push people into the extremes of right and left. there will be a lot of people tonight who will be furious at president macron for a gamble that has misfired, a trap that perhaps has ensnared himself, and indeed france as well, will have huge implications, potentially for this country and for the european union as a whole. and could, if this were to be replicated on sunda

the leader of the scottish national party, john swinney, has admitted his party needs to rebuild trust was speaking this morning on sunday with laura kuenssberg. we have had a tough time, laura. i think that has been acknowledged, i've acknowledged that on a constant basis since i became first minister, just about seven weeks ago. i have been very candid about the fact that i recognise that the snp has had that tough time, and myjob is to rebuild the trust between the public of scotland and the scottish national party. that's what i'm focused on as first minister. i've come into an election campaign very quickly after becoming first minister but i've always acknowledged in my representation of those who have chosen me to go to parliament that you have got to work constantly to build the trust that your experience with members of the public, and that's exactly what i will do as leader of the snp and as the first minister of scotland. bbc scotland political correspondent lynsey bews is in glasgow for us, and gave us this update on how the snp is working to rebuild trust with voters. reme

the head of the social national party is the only way left for macron to resign in order to get out of political crisis they know. hundreds of protesters from germany, austria and france. by holding demonstrations in the southwest of germany , they demanded the closing of the american air base near the city of ramstein. these protestors, by announcing that the united states has fueled regional tensions in recent years, asked the western countries to seek peaceful solutions to end the conflict between russia and ukraine. ramstein air base is the largest nato air base and us air force base in europe. power outages cancel all flights. it became one of the two main terminals of manchester airport in england. also the activity disrupted and many flights in other terminals faced cancellations and long delays. some passengers stated that the airport's reaction to this incident was slow and caused the accident . at least 4 people were killed and 10 others were injured in a shooting in the state of arkansas. according to local authorities, police forces are also among the injured. some of the w

results, just to get back to the results for that we know for the breaking news is that the national rally party came in with about 34.5% of the vote. they are, i could get up to 280 seats in the national assembly. the part of the parliament here that's not quite enough to be a majority. they in fact had started off coming in with a lot less than that about half of that they've doubled the vote total, at least the number of seats that they have in the parliament. but the exceptional thing here is that we thought and we were told that this is going to be where the prime minister there was going to come out and speak. but just 15 minutes ago, we were told no. in fact, he's not going to speak here. he's going to be moving over to the other side of the river, to his offices on rue mountain, you anyway, it's been a very exceptional election and exceptional measures and we'll see what happens next. now because in fact, what's going to happen between now and the next round is a question of horse trading that's going to go on between the various candidates that had been elected or even some, some of the

parties. we'll get some more votes and the one of them is, of course, the national rally party. the fall right, was definitely in this region also a very popular they have been can campaigning against integration also fairly much a center for with co sound coming from them. and that's something that has a really appealed to voters here in the south. and that also has kids, the very large migrant community here, we're very close to the sally and border and if you look at the regulations that the national riley wants to impose when and power. so this could turn the millions of people here in front, according to opponents into a 2nd class citizen. so that is a lot at stake for this election here in front. a lot at stake for the front, a lot of states for the continent. how closely are they watching right across here as well. brussels will definitely be watching this election very, very closely. is the national riley party becomes the, the, the biggest then they have already announced they want to come to the you budget significantly, which would have you come to the implications fo