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[00:00:01] on Verified Live for BBC News.
[00:00:12] Live from Washington. This is
[00:00:15] BBC News. Mid-terms mayhem in Michigan. Michigan. Democratic Congresswoman
[00:00:19] Congresswoman Haley Stevens makes makes a late endorsement for the
[00:00:22] the Republican candidate. The latest
[00:00:24] latest twist in a crucial Senate
[00:00:26] Senate race across the US., candidates candidates are making their final
[00:00:29] final pitches to voters ahead of of Tuesday's elections. We'll take
[00:00:32] take a look at some of the key races
[00:00:34] races to watch. Buckingham Palace Palace says the King will speak with
[00:00:38] with unflinching honesty and sincere
[00:00:41] sincere sorrow about slavery at the the Commonwealth Leaders Summit in
[00:00:44] in the Caribbean and Formula One
[00:00:47] One history made Italy's Kimi Antonelli Antonelli becomes the youngest champion
[00:00:51] champion in the competition's history
[00:00:52] history at 20 years old. MUSIC
[00:01:03] MUSIC Hello, Hello, I'm Amanda Walker. Thanks Thanks for being with us. We begin
[00:01:06] begin in the US the mid-term elections elections are just two days away
[00:01:10] away from Kansas to Ohio to Iowa
[00:01:12] Iowa and beyond. As we go to where
[00:01:14] where events are under way across across the country, the results here
[00:01:18] here could be highly consequential. consequential. Up for grabs is balance
[00:01:21] balance of power in Congress. What What happens on Tuesday could determine
[00:01:25] determine what the rest of President President Trump's term looks like.
[00:01:28] like. And so as we've seen, he's he's been out on the campaign trail
[00:01:32] trail himself in a bid to get Republicans
[00:01:35] Republicans to the polls. But tonight
[00:01:37] tonight the focus is on Michigan, Michigan, where Democratic Congresswoman
[00:01:40] Congresswoman Haley Stevens broke broke with her party with an announcement
[00:01:44] announcement earlier today that caught
[00:01:47] caught many by surprise. And that's
[00:01:50] that's why I am endorsing Mike Rogers
[00:01:52] Rogers for the United States Senate
[00:01:55] Senate today. Yes, that is Democrat
[00:01:57] Democrat Stevens revealing that she's she's endorsing Republican Senate
[00:02:01] Senate candidate Mike Rogers. It It follows
[00:02:07] Mike Rogers. It follows a rift with her fellow Democrat and nominee nominee for Senate Abdul El-Sayed,
[00:02:10] El-Sayed, who defeated her in the the primary. Stevens criticised him him over a political ad by an outside outside group blaming Israel for
[00:02:14] for high grocery prices. Off the the back of that announcement online,
[00:02:17] online, Stevens then appeared with with Rogers on the campaign trail.
[00:02:21] trail. There, she explained a little little more of why her support has
[00:02:25] has shifted. My vote for Senate is is going to be with Mike Rogers,
[00:02:28] Rogers, and I will tell you why.
[00:02:31] why. Because we have to stand with with country. We can't stand with
[00:02:35] with hate. I'm sorry. People are are upset and I understand that I
[00:02:39] I did endorse the Democratic nominee
[00:02:41] nominee and he chose to close this
[00:02:43] this campaign by saying I wasn't wasn't welcome. I've never been invited
[00:02:47] invited to a campaign event. That's That's fine. You know, he's busy. busy. He's running all around. I've
[00:02:50] I've had primaries before myself. myself. It's not about that. It's
[00:02:54] It's this is about leadership and and integrity. Well, President Trump
[00:02:58] Trump has praised Stevens for her her decision to endorse Rogers, saying
[00:03:01] saying he would welcome her to the the Republican Party. El-Sayed, meanwhile,
[00:03:05] meanwhile, called the endorsement endorsement a distraction and spoke
[00:03:08] spoke out against his former primary primary challenger. And so look,
[00:03:11] look, if you're somebody who believes believes that we ought to have more
[00:03:13] more rights, not less than I would would think you would support me
[00:03:16] me in this race. If you are somebody somebody who believes that we should
[00:03:20] should stand up to hate, and you you have watched this last campaign,
[00:03:23] campaign, I think we probably would would not want to support Mike Rogers
[00:03:25] Rogers and Donald Trump and JD Vance. Vance. Well, I've been speaking to
[00:03:28] to our North America correspondent correspondent Neda Tawfik, who was
[00:03:32] was at El-Sayed Rally in Michigan.
[00:03:34] Michigan. Abdul El-Sayed it continued continued not talking about that
[00:03:38] that feud and focusing on his message
[00:03:40] message here today at the rally, rally, but we have been speaking
[00:03:43] speaking with voters all day long
[00:03:45] long who were just as stunned by
[00:03:47] by this move by Haley Stevens who,
[00:03:50] who, remember, was running in the the primary to take on Mike Rogers
[00:03:54] Rogers before she lost to Mr El-Sayed.
[00:03:57] El-Sayed. Voters very much see this
[00:04:00] this as a disappointment, as a distraction
[00:04:03] distraction ahead of, you know, a a few days before the election when
[00:04:06] when this is such a critical seat seat for Democrats in their fight
[00:04:09] fight to retake the Senate. They They believe that this is a betrayal
[00:04:13] betrayal of the Democratic Party
[00:04:15] Party that Haley Stevens has abandoned
[00:04:17] abandoned or her core kind of beliefs
[00:04:20] beliefs as a Democrat. And we have
[00:04:22] have seen a flurry of reaction from
[00:04:25] from top Democrats, not just in Michigan
[00:04:28] Michigan but in Washington as well. well. The Democratic leader, Chuck
[00:04:31] Chuck Schumer in the Senate, also also trying to portray the party
[00:04:35] party as united. And we have heard heard from Haley Stevens own staff,
[00:04:39] staff, including her chief of staff,
[00:04:40] staff, who said that many have resigned resigned because they don't want
[00:04:44] want to see this sowing of discord
[00:04:47] discord right before the election. election. And just remind us how
[00:04:50] how it reached this point. Well,
[00:04:57] Well, look, Haley Stevens and Abdul Abdul El-Sayed are two very different
[00:05:01] different candidates. Haley Stevens
[00:05:01] Stevens is more of a centrist part
[00:05:05] part of the establishment. Democrats, Democrats, and she is a very strong
[00:05:08] strong supporter of Israel. Abdul Abdul El-Sayed is more from the left
[00:05:12] left wing progressive branch of the the Democratic Party. He still considers
[00:05:16] considers himself a capitalist, but but he is very much on board with
[00:05:20] with policies such as Medicare for for all. So free health care for
[00:05:22] for all and supporting unions and
[00:05:24] and increasing wages and stopping stopping money that is spent overseas.
[00:05:28] overseas. For example, on the war war in Iran wanting more of that
[00:05:31] that to be spent here in the United
[00:05:33] United States. And so there was such
[00:05:36] such a tense Senate primary battle
[00:05:38] battle between the two. And Haley
[00:05:40] Haley Stevens had initially endorsed endorsed him after that brutal primary
[00:05:44] primary fight. But in recent days, days, she has really taken issue
[00:05:48] issue with his stance on Israel. Israel. She claimed that an ad that
[00:05:52] that Abdul El-Sayed campaign didn't didn't make, and which he said he
[00:05:55] he didn't agree with, but nevertheless nevertheless the ad tried to portray
[00:05:58] portray US support for Israel with
[00:06:00] with rising grocery prices. She tried tried to pin that on him. He said
[00:06:04] said that he had nothing to do with with it, but nevertheless, it ended
[00:06:08] ended up in this escalation where where Haley Stevens ultimately decided
[00:06:11] decided to side with Mike Rogers.
[00:06:13] Rogers. So a real tense moment for for the Democratic Party, but one
[00:06:17] one that is exposing these divisions, divisions, these very real divisions
[00:06:20] divisions that exist. And if Abdul
[00:06:23] Abdul El-Sayed does win here in Michigan, Michigan, which is a swing state,
[00:06:26] state, it would be a big win for for the progressive movement because because before progressives have
[00:06:29] have won in liberal cities. But never
[00:06:32] never before in this way for a Senate Senate race in a swing state. So
[00:06:35] So this would have a lot to say about
[00:06:37] about what a winning coalition would would be for 2028 presidential race.
[00:06:41] race. If he wins. Well, when it comes comes to the Senate, a handful of
[00:06:44] of seats could change the course course of history. The path to victory
[00:06:47] victory for either party could come come down to a handful of races across
[00:06:51] across the country, from Maine to to Iowa and Alaska. In some cases,
[00:06:55] cases, the opportunities for a Democrat Democrat gain have come as something
[00:06:59] something of a surprise. Take Texas Texas reliably red the last time
[00:07:02] time the state elected a Democrat Democrat to the Senate was in 1988.
[00:07:06] 1988. Now, a combination of factors factors have Democrats hopeful that
[00:07:10] that the heartbreak they used to
[00:07:11] to in Texas might be about to change. change. Polling has. Trump backed
[00:07:15] backed Ken Paxton neck and neck with with challenger James Talarico. It's
[00:07:19] It's the most expensive political political race, not just in this
[00:07:22] this cycle but in history. Our chief
[00:07:24] chief North America correspondent correspondent Gary O'Donoghue has
[00:07:27] has been in Texas on the campaign campaign trail. I asked him just
[00:07:31] just how expensive the Senate race
[00:07:33] race there has gotten. $573 million
[00:07:36] million in advertising alone. That's
[00:07:39] That's advertising alone, which is is a huge amount. If you had dollar
[00:07:42] dollar bills and you piled them up, up, it would go up 35 miles into
[00:07:45] into the air. It's massive. And what's
[00:07:48] what's at stake? Well, partly potentially potentially the control of the Senate.
[00:07:51] Senate. Have you been lining out out Republicans should this should
[00:07:54] should be a walk in the park for for Republicans. Texas. It's very
[00:07:57] very red. As you said, Ruby red. red. Lots of Republicans here. Donald
[00:08:01] Donald Trump won this state by 14
[00:08:03] 14 percentage points in 2024. Nevertheless,
[00:08:06] Nevertheless, the Republican candidate candidate has got public and private
[00:08:09] private scandals behind him. He was
[00:08:10] was imposed partly by the President
[00:08:14] President in place of a Republican Republican who was part of the leadership leadership in the Senate. And now
[00:08:17] now the race is neck and neck. Democrats
[00:08:20] Democrats have been promising Amanda Amanda to take back Texas for a long,
[00:08:23] long, long time. There's been a lot lot of false dawns. This may be another
[00:08:26] another one, but if they do pull pull it off this time, it will be
[00:08:29] be one of the biggest upsets of these these elections. Gary, you've been been travelling across the state.
[00:08:32] state. Have you got a sense of how how energised voters are and what
[00:08:36] what are their priorities? What have
[00:08:37] have they been saying to you? The
[00:08:41] The priorities are what you expected, expected, what you've been hearing hearing for weeks and weeks and weeks,
[00:08:45] weeks, the cost of gas, the cost cost of groceries, all those kinds
[00:08:48] kinds of things people are worried worried about. They're worried about about war. They're worried about
[00:08:52] about the direction of the country. country. Hispanic voters here in
[00:08:55] in Texas particularly worried about about the way detention and deportation
[00:08:59] deportation is being carried out out in their community. They like like the fact that the border was
[00:09:02] was closed by Donald Trump. And those
[00:09:04] those pictures of thousands of people people flooding across from Mexico
[00:09:08] Mexico has stopped, but they don't don't like what's happening to their
[00:09:11] their families being pulled over over by the Immigration and Customs
[00:09:14] Customs Enforcement people on the the side of the street as they're they're on their way to work. So
[00:09:18] So that has played against Republicans
[00:09:19] Republicans in this state in particular particular and across the nation.
[00:09:23] nation. So there's a lot at stake stake here. And it's really important
[00:09:25] important to understand that Donald Donald Trump, in a sense, could have
[00:09:29] have sat this one out. He could have have said, well, every president president gets a kicking in the mid-terms.
[00:09:33] mid-terms. That's just the way it it goes. And that is true. But he's
[00:09:36] he's put himself on the line. He
[00:09:38] He said, pretend I'm on the ballot.
[00:09:40] ballot. He's nationalised this election.
[00:09:42] election. So if they do badly it's
[00:09:46] it's kind of his fault. And James James Talarico, who we just saw there,
[00:09:49] there, how has he been pitching himself? himself? We know he's characterised characterised this as a David and
[00:09:53] and Goliath type battle. He has,
[00:09:58] has, and that's partly to do with with his religious background. He's
[00:10:01] He's studied as a seminarian in the the Presbyterian Church. He's a young
[00:10:05] young guy. He's in the Texas State State House. He was a middle school
[00:10:09] school teacher. He's only 37 years
[00:10:12] years old, very sort of modern in in that sense and has been characterised
[00:10:16] characterised by the Republicans Republicans as a bit weird. He's He's been characterised for some
[00:10:19] some of his previous statements as as a bit out there. He did say at
[00:10:23] at some point in the past, for which which he says he now cringes that
[00:10:26] that he thought there were six biological
[00:10:28] biological sexes and that God was was of no gender at all. And so there's
[00:10:32] there's a few things he's had to to deal with. But in this place where
[00:10:35] where he ought to be lagging behind, behind, he's managed to keep that
[00:10:38] that up. And he has been a juggernaut
[00:10:41] juggernaut of fundraising as well. well. Not so much the outside money
[00:10:44] money that has come to Republicans Republicans here from people like
[00:10:47] like Elon Musk, but he's only his his own. Personal fundraising has
[00:10:50] has far outstripped that of the Republican Republican candidate, Ken Paxton,
[00:10:54] Paxton, who has his problems. As
[00:10:56] As Gary O'Donoghue in Texas. He mentioned mentioned Ken Paxton just then. There
[00:11:00] There is no Sunday rest for these these candidates. He's about to appear
[00:11:03] appear at an event in San Antonio,
[00:11:07] Antonio, Texas, also campaigning campaigning tonight in Ohio is Amy
[00:11:10] Amy Acton, who is running for governor governor there and across the country,
[00:11:14] country, female candidates are playing playing a key role in the mid-term
[00:11:17] mid-term elections, whether they're they're running to represent their their states in Washington or to
[00:11:21] to serve as governor. I've spoken
[00:11:23] spoken to Jessica Mackler. She's She's president of Emily's List, List, which is an advocacy group
[00:11:27] group that supports Democratic pro-choice pro-choice women up and down the
[00:11:30] the ballot. And I asked her about
[00:11:32] about the candidates they're supporting supporting this election cycle. That's
[00:11:36] That's right. We see women running running in races up and down the
[00:11:39] the ballot. And I would say zooming zooming out, what I'm most excited
[00:11:41] excited about is that women are at at the centre of the fight to take
[00:11:44] take back power for Democrats up up and down that ballot, whether whether we're talking about the path
[00:11:48] path to the Senate majority, which which is absolutely in our sights,
[00:11:51] sights, whether we're talking about about races that Republicans had
[00:11:54] had hoped would be off the map. And And then when it comes to the House
[00:11:57] House majority, Emily's List backed backed women are going to deliver deliver that House majority for Democrats.
[00:12:00] Democrats. And in states, we're going going to see that we can get to a a new historic high of Democratic
[00:12:04] Democratic women governors and state state legislative races across the
[00:12:08] the ballot. So, you know, we have have a real imperative in front of
[00:12:11] of us right now to deliver power
[00:12:13] power to help create ways to stand stand up to this administration. administration. And women are at
[00:12:17] at the centre of doing that right right now. More than two thirds of
[00:12:20] of the women running in these mid-terms mid-terms are Democrats. Why aren't
[00:12:23] aren't more Republican women running? running? And can women really apply
[00:12:27] apply their kind of full political political power without increased
[00:12:30] increased reputation representation representation on both sides? Well,
[00:12:33] Well, we've really seen immense growth growth in the representation within
[00:12:37] within the Democratic caucus. If If you look at the House of Representatives,
[00:12:40] Representatives, for example, when when my organisation Emily's List,
[00:12:43] List, was founded nearly 40 years years ago, women made up less than
[00:12:46] than 5% of the House Democratic caucus. caucus. And today it's at the highest
[00:12:49] highest it's ever been. We've seen seen a retraction. On the other hand,
[00:12:52] hand, with Republicans, I think this this really comes down to who is is actually going to stand up and
[00:12:56] and fight for women. In addition addition to being important leading
[00:12:59] leading candidates, women voters voters are the deciders in these
[00:13:02] these elections. And so they know know when they're looking for people
[00:13:06] people that they can trust to stand stand up and fight for them, they
[00:13:09] they really are understanding that that that's about who's actually actually going to do the work of
[00:13:12] of representing women, fighting for for their rights and their freedoms.
[00:13:15] freedoms. And it's really clear that that democratic women are the ones
[00:13:19] ones leading here. And Emily EMILYs EMILYs List has endorsed Democratic Democratic women, as you say, running
[00:13:23] running for office across the country, country, including Ohio. You've been
[00:13:26] been campaigning with Amy Acton. Acton. She was, of course, the subject subject of an ad run by her Republican
[00:13:30] Republican opponent, Vivek Ramaswamy. Ramaswamy. It featured her estranged estranged mother essentially calling
[00:13:34] calling her a liar, bringing into into question her traumatic childhood. childhood. I'm not going to relitigate
[00:13:38] relitigate that with you. You called called it an act of desperation,
[00:13:40] desperation, but how do you ever ever prepare a candidate for the
[00:13:44] the levels of toxicity that we are
[00:13:46] are seeing these days? It's a really really unfortunate reality of campaigns
[00:13:50] campaigns right now that what we're we're seeing coming from the right
[00:13:54] right is no guardrails on what they
[00:13:56] they are willing to do, no moral moral compass. And in fact, that
[00:13:59] that is something that is driving driving the energy that we see for
[00:14:03] for Democratic candidates. In fact, fact, because voters are fed up with
[00:14:05] with the system in which Republicans Republicans use their levers of power
[00:14:08] power to hold on to that power to to make their friends richer, to
[00:14:12] to avoid accountability and to launch launch these really desperate, disgusting
[00:14:15] disgusting attacks. There's no way way to be prepared for every single
[00:14:18] single outcome. But we have come come to realise that they are not
[00:14:22] not going to put any monitors on on their own behaviour, and we have have to be ready for anything. But
[00:14:26] But I think when you look at the the strength with which Amy Acton
[00:14:29] Acton has navigated this campaign, campaign, it's no surprise that she
[00:14:32] she was able to navigate this with with strength as well. And it really
[00:14:35] really provides a clear contrast contrast of someone who is willing
[00:14:38] willing to litigate this traumatic traumatic childhood in order just just to win an election for himself
[00:14:42] himself versus someone who's really really focused her campaign on standing
[00:14:45] standing up for the people of Ohio.
[00:14:47] Ohio. And Jessica, just more broadly, broadly, I'll never forget being
[00:14:50] being on the 26th campaign trail trail 2016, the campaign trail, and
[00:14:54] and having women tell me that a woman woman should not be president. Of
[00:14:57] Of course, when Hillary Clinton was was running, how do you break through
[00:15:00] through such deeply ingrained misogyny misogyny that very often is coming
[00:15:04] coming from women? I think the most most important thing we have to do
[00:15:07] do is every time we hear that is is call it out. And so my message
[00:15:10] message to anyone who says that is
[00:15:12] is cut it out. We have proven over
[00:15:15] over and over again that women can
[00:15:17] can win in any place at all levels levels of the ballot. The number
[00:15:20] number of times that people say to to us at Emily's list, well, this
[00:15:24] this isn't a place that a woman can can win or this person in particular
[00:15:27] particular can't win in this type type of district, and then we prove prove them wrong. And every time
[00:15:31] time we do that, we move the ball ball forward in showing what women
[00:15:35] women can do. I say all the time time that supporting women candidates candidates is a strong electoral
[00:15:39] electoral strategy. And that's true.
[00:15:40] true. Women drive some of our most most impressive wins, and so we just
[00:15:44] just have to keep disproving that that theory and keep calling it out
[00:15:47] out for what it is. Because again, again, supporting women, it's a strong
[00:15:51] strong electoral strategy. Jessica Jessica Mackler president of EMILYs
[00:15:54] EMILYs List there. Well, the big big day is approaching. It's almost
[00:15:57] almost here. So do join us for our our special programming here on BBC
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[00:17:44] live with BBC News. Welcome back. back. Buckingham Palace says King
[00:17:48] King Charles will speak about slavery slavery with unflinching honesty
[00:17:52] honesty and sincere sorrow when he he addresses the Commonwealth Leaders
[00:17:55] Leaders Summit in Antigua on Tuesday. Tuesday. The King is starting three
[00:17:59] three days of formal engagements engagements there as part of a wider
[00:18:02] wider tour of the Caribbean. He went went to a church service earlier
[00:18:05] earlier on Sunday, marking Antigua Antigua and Barbuda's Independence
[00:18:08] Independence Day. It's understood understood his speech won't be affected
[00:18:11] affected by comments made by UK Prime Prime Minister Andy Burnham, raising
[00:18:14] raising the possibility of a formal formal apology for Britain's role
[00:18:18] role in the transatlantic slave trade. trade. The British government has
[00:18:20] has never made a formal apology for
[00:18:23] for slavery or offered to pay reparations. reparations. Here's our political
[00:18:26] political correspondent Joe Pike. Pike. Throughout his Caribbean tour,
[00:18:30] tour, the King has acknowledged slavery's
[00:18:32] slavery's place in the history of
[00:18:34] of these islands. The Caribbean community
[00:18:37] community have a ten point plan for for reparations, including investment
[00:18:40] investment in education and public public health. But Andy Burnham has
[00:18:43] has ruled out anything financial. financial. The Chancellor explained
[00:18:46] explained his boss's thinking. The The Prime Minister has said look,
[00:18:50] look, we are open to a discussion
[00:18:52] discussion about an apology. He feels feels that that's the right thing,
[00:18:56] thing, particularly ahead of the the Commonwealth Leaders Conference.
[00:18:59] Conference. But he doesn't believe believe that reparations are the
[00:19:01] the right approach and considering considering a formal apology doesn't
[00:19:05] doesn't mean accepting that British British people now should accept
[00:19:08] accept the financial liability for for any party. In things that happened
[00:19:12] happened hundreds of years ago in
[00:19:14] in which they had no role. For the the Conservatives, even the offer
[00:19:17] offer of an apology is navel gazing
[00:19:20] gazing and a distraction. It is time time for the Commonwealth to start
[00:19:23] start looking forwards, not endlessly endlessly backwards. And why now?
[00:19:26] now? Why not in the 60s 70s 80s? 80s? Why are we why are we having
[00:19:29] having this conversation today? What What is it? Because lots of Commonwealth Commonwealth leaders are asking for
[00:19:33] for it. Yes, that's what I meant. meant. Why are they asking for it
[00:19:37] it now? It is because many of these these countries are struggling with
[00:19:40] with the same issues that we're struggling struggling with. They're not becoming becoming richer. They don't know
[00:19:43] know what to do. So they want to to ask Britain for more money. My
[00:19:46] My answer is no. We should not even
[00:19:49] even be entertaining the idea of
[00:19:51] of reparations. In Antigua, where
[00:19:53] where Andy Burnham will arrive tomorrow.
[00:19:55] tomorrow. Views on an official apology
[00:19:57] apology are mixed. If someone is is apologising, I mean they've done
[00:20:01] done something wrong and if they've
[00:20:03] they've done wrong, apology is a a good start. No, I don't think the
[00:20:06] the UK should apologise for anything anything because the slave trade
[00:20:10] trade has happened years ago and and what's in the past should stay
[00:20:12] stay in the past and people should should learn from the past and not
[00:20:15] not try to live in the past. The
[00:20:18] The King will address the Commonwealth Commonwealth Heads of government government on Tuesday, a message
[00:20:22] message of unflinching honesty and
[00:20:24] and sincere sorrow is expected to
[00:20:27] to feature in that speech. Joe Pike,
[00:20:29] Pike, BBC News. Our senior royal royal correspondent Daniela Relph
[00:20:32] Relph is travelling with the King. King. She told us more about the
[00:20:35] the palace's reaction to the Prime Prime Minister's comments. Well,
[00:20:38] Well, this tour already has been been existing against the backdrop
[00:20:41] backdrop of some pretty difficult difficult conversations in this region
[00:20:45] region about apologies and reparations. reparations. But what the words of
[00:20:48] of the Prime Minister have done have have really intensified that debate
[00:20:51] debate that the King finds himself himself part of. We saw the King
[00:20:55] King and Queen for the first time time here on a joint engagement in
[00:20:58] in Antigua a little bit earlier today today when they attended church on
[00:21:01] on the island with other Commonwealth Commonwealth leaders. We also saw
[00:21:05] saw them meeting the West Indian Indian cricket legend Sir Viv Richards,
[00:21:08] Richards, who is very much going going to be part of a number of their
[00:21:12] their engagements here on Antigua. Antigua. And the theme of that church
[00:21:15] church service this morning was unity
[00:21:17] unity and partnership. In terms of
[00:21:20] of how Buckingham Palace are responding responding well, they are asserting
[00:21:23] asserting the position of the King King as a constitutional monarch,
[00:21:26] monarch, with one senior aide saying
[00:21:28] saying that the King transcends politics. politics. And they are also stressing
[00:21:32] stressing that any decision to say say sorry over the UK's involvement
[00:21:36] involvement in the transatlantic transatlantic slave trade is not
[00:21:38] not for the monarch, it is for the the government and the King will
[00:21:41] will then be guided by the government government in terms of what he says.
[00:21:44] says. So we aren't expecting any any changes to his speech that he
[00:21:47] he will deliver to Commonwealth leaders leaders here on Tuesday. And as you
[00:21:51] you say, we know that he is again
[00:21:53] again going to express his sincere sincere sorrow for the UK's involvement
[00:21:57] involvement in the slave trade. And And we are told by Palace sources
[00:22:00] sources that he will talk with unflinching
[00:22:02] unflinching honesty. The US First First Lady, Melania Trump, says the
[00:22:06] the temporary ceasefire she helped
[00:22:08] helped broker in Russian occupied occupied Oleshky was a success. The
[00:22:11] The humanitarian truce across the the Kherson region, which ended late
[00:22:15] late on Sunday, allowed hundreds hundreds of people to be evacuated
[00:22:18] evacuated from the besieged town. town. Oleshky residents went for
[00:22:22] for years without regular access access to food, water and energy,
[00:22:25] energy, with their town encircled encircled by Russian troops, the
[00:22:28] the US First Lady said in a social social media post that the truce
[00:22:32] truce delivered critical aid to the the region and that she hoped the
[00:22:35] the ceasefire quote, serves as a
[00:22:37] a foundation for lasting peace between
[00:22:41] between both nations. Emergency services
[00:22:44] services excuse me, and local hospitals hospitals in Gaza say Israeli attacks
[00:22:48] attacks have killed eight people people and a child and five police
[00:22:52] police officers. The strikes happened happened in Khan Younis in the south
[00:22:55] south of the territory. Excuse me.
[00:22:57] me. And in Gaza City, that's despite
[00:22:59] despite a ceasefire agreed last year. year. Israel says it carried out
[00:23:03] out two attacks on what it described described as military operatives,
[00:23:06] operatives, but has provided no evidence
[00:23:08] evidence to support that claim. Hugo
[00:23:11] Hugo Bachega reports. Officials in. in. Gaza say the drone attack in
[00:23:14] in Yunis, in the south of the territory, territory, targeted a group of police
[00:23:18] police officers as they were carrying carrying out their duties and the
[00:23:21] the Interior Ministry has described described it as a massacre. It has
[00:23:25] has named the five men who were killed
[00:23:27] killed whose ages range from 23 to
[00:23:31] to 53. Now a separate attack happened
[00:23:33] happened in Gaza City to the north, north, and hospital officials say
[00:23:37] say a missile attack targeted a group
[00:23:39] group of civilians next to a school. school. A child was among the dead.
[00:23:43] dead. Now the Israeli military has has confirmed that it carried out
[00:23:46] out two strikes, saying that it was
[00:23:50] was targeting what it described as as military operatives. So far it
[00:23:53] it has given no details and no evidence.
[00:23:57] evidence. Now all of this happens happens despite a ceasefire that
[00:23:59] that came into force in Gaza in October
[00:24:01] October last year. But Israeli attacks attacks have continued almost every
[00:24:05] every day. And a peace plan for Gaza
[00:24:07] Gaza brokered by the Trump administration administration has also stalled.
[00:24:11] stalled. Now, since the beginning beginning of the ceasefire, more
[00:24:15] more than 1500 Palestinians have
[00:24:16] have been killed in these Israeli Israeli attacks, according to the
[00:24:19] the Hamas run health ministry. Israel Israel says it is targeting Hamas,
[00:24:23] Hamas, accusing the group of trying
[00:24:24] trying to rebuild its military capabilities
[00:24:27] capabilities but often it's civilians civilians who are also killed in
[00:24:30] in these attacks. Well, before we we go, some sporting history made
[00:24:34] made today. Italian driver Kimi Antonelli
[00:24:37] Antonelli has become Formula One's One's youngest ever champion at the
[00:24:40] the Grand Prix in Mexico City. Tom
[00:24:42] Tom Cary senior sports correspondent correspondent at The Telegraph, explained
[00:24:46] explained the significance of this this moment. Well, it's just fantastic
[00:24:49] fantastic news for the sport. I mean, mean, having a new world champion,
[00:24:53] champion, especially from Italy who who haven't won a title for 73 years
[00:24:57] years now since Alberto Ascari back
[00:24:59] back in 1953. I mean, the age, as as you mentioned, is incredible.
[00:25:03] incredible. It's only Antonelli's Antonelli's second season in the the sport and I think just having
[00:25:07] having a young, fresh faced new star
[00:25:09] star can only be good news for the the sport. Like everyone in Formula
[00:25:13] Formula One he got going before he he was, you know, even walking. I
[00:25:16] I mean he's he's a classic in the
[00:25:18] the new mould. You know he was in in karts from a very early age picked
[00:25:22] picked up by Mercedes at just 11
[00:25:25] 11 I think and signed to their junior
[00:25:26] junior programme. And yeah like everyone
[00:25:30] everyone else he started very, very very young. And as you mentioned,
[00:25:34] mentioned, his family are motorsport motorsport family's father Marco
[00:25:37] Marco was a driver himself and later
[00:25:39] later a ran a race team. And he's he's obviously out there with him
[00:25:43] him in Mexico and accompanies him him to all the races. I mean, he he was only a teenager until a couple
[00:25:47] couple of months ago, so he has his his family close around him and know
[00:25:49] know he's a great he's a great young young man. Well, that's all from
[00:25:53] from us here in Washington, but lots lots more to come here on BBC News.
[00:25:57] News. So do stay with us. Thanks
[00:25:58] Thanks for watching.
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