katherine, i m rishi. ..as rishi sunak prepares to set out his party s plans for another five years in government. on the eve of his manifesto launch last night, the prime minister hinted at tax cuts to come. we will have a manifesto that builds on all the things that you ve just gone through that we ve already announced in this campaign that, yes, does continue to cut people s taxes, because i believe in a country where people s hard work is rewarded. after cutting national insurance last autumn and in the spring the manifesto will promise to cut it by a further two pence for employees. it will also pledge that the state pension will not be taxed, and make permanent an existing cut to stamp duty for first time buyers, as well as promising that parents will only have to start paying back child benefit when their household income reaches £120,000. the manifesto will also contain pledges to raise defence spending, reform the welfare system, and double down on plans to se
cyprus and luxembourg six each. remember, they don t sit according to nationality, they sit within broad international groupings. there are seven groupings in all the left, the greens, the socialists & democrats, renew europe. renew europe is the liberals. then comes the biggest group of them all the centre right european people s party, to the right of them the european conservatives and reformists, and then on the hard right, the identity and democracy group, in which marine le pen s meps will sit. so, let me show you the first projection issued in the last half an hour. you will see there the big gainers are definitely the hard right. it is only an early projection, this, but the losers on this chart very much the losers on this chart very much the greens and the liberals, which include emmanuel macron s renaissance party. neck, when you look at that chart, what do you see and what are the implications of it? i what do you see and what are the implications of it? what
he says the nation needs clarity . france s far right leader, marine le pen, has welcomed mr macron s decision to call the snap vote. she said her party is ready to take over power if entrusted to do so, promising to end mass migration and make france live again . let s take a closer look at our first projection of what the european parliament will look like. as well as france, far right parties have to have made substantial gains across many countries, including germany, austria and the netherlands. the french far right leader, marine le pen, spoke following the announcement of the results of the european parliament election. translation: the french have spoken and this historic election shows - that when the people vote, the people win. by giving more than 32% to the national rally, the french have just given us their highest score, all parties combined, in a0 years. it is a real emotion to see this beautiful popularforce rising up throughout the country. and here s p
against alex salmond say the first minister misled them while giving evidence this month. sharp words exchanged at the first high level meeting between america s new presidential administration and china. and coming up this hour. as part of our young reporter series, we hearfrom an apprentice footballer about the pressures of trying to make it as a professional. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. germany s health minister has warned there is not enough coronavirus vaccine to stop a third wave in europe. germany is facing further restrictions because the number of cases are rising rapidly. some eu countries including germany will resume the roll out of the astrazeneca jab today, following a pause over safety concerns. the european medicines agency reviewed the jab and found that it was not associated with a higher risk of blood clots. france, germany and italy, along with cyprus, latvia and lithuania, are to restart use of the jab today w
hamas calls it a massacre. and who s in and who s out of england s squad for the euros? on bbc london the cyberattack which affected hospitals we hearfrom nhs london. good evening from normandy, where some of the last remaining veterans have joined world leaders on the 80th anniversary of the d day landings. more than a0 british veterans, all around 100 years old, were here at the british normandy memorial this morning, overlooking one of the beaches where allied troops first came ashore. 6thjune 191m was the day british, american, canadian and french troops landed on sword, juno, gold, omaha and utah beaches in what was the largest ever seaborne invasion taking the germans by surprise. around 150,000 men took part in the d day landings by sea and air. events have taken place along this stretch of coast all day, including an international event that saw world leaders gather with veterans to reflect together. 0ur royal correspondent daniela relph has been following the day