match of the tournament here in three days time. and good morning. remaining in charge at manchester united. after speculation he wouldn t be there next season, the club s board decides erik ten hag will stay on as manager. and she s the queen of funk who s been getting us on the dance floor for more than five decades. we hearfrom chaka khan in her new role as a music festival curator. good morning. it is a cloudy start for many of us this morning. the cloud will hang around in the east where we will see most of the showers. it will brighten up in the west, but it is still going to feel cool forjune. i would west, but it is still going to feel cool forjune. iwould have west, but it is still going to feel cool forjune. i would have all the details later. good morning. it s wednesday the 12th june. our main story. the green party will launch its election manifesto in brighton and hove today. they re promising a £50 billion a year investment into the nhs and social care. they
parties are gathering for a special live bbc scotland debate. we ll be hearing from john swinney, the smp, douglas ross for the scottish conservatives, anas sarwar in scottish labour, let s listen in. one general election that could change the country, welcome to a special edition of debate night. live from glasgow, welcome to debate night with scotland s political party leaders. this evening they will go head to head in front of an audience comprised of people with different voting intentions, some of them still undecided. joining us this evening we. anas sarwar, leader of scottish labour. lorna slater, co leader of the scottish greens. douglas ross, leader of the scottish conservatives. and finally, from the scottish liberal democrats, leader alex cole hamilton. please welcome them to this special live edition of debate night. applause we are live on tv, radio and the iplayer, and you canjoin in the debate on social media wherever you are. the hashtag is bbcdn. so what are
president biden s son hunter is found guilty by a court in the us of lying about his drug use when buying a gun in 2018. hunter biden was addicted to crack cocaine when he purchased that revolver and today is the first child of a sitting president to be convicted of a crime. england limber up in germany, ahead of the start of their euros campaign. and stay with us here on bbc news for continuing coverage and analysis from our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world. good evening. the big challenge for a conservative party trailing badly in the polls is how to persuade voters to give them another five years in power today we got their answer, as they put tax cuts at the heart of their manifesto. among the policies announced was a 2p cut in national insurance, and scrapping the main rate of national insurance for the self employed. they pledged a new help to buy scheme and that they d abolish stamp duty for first time buyers on properties up to £425,000. in a m