thejury decided the jury decided that hunter biden, who was a crack cocaine addict, had lied about his drug use when he bought a gun in 2018. and england begin training in germany, ahead of the start of their euros campaign. on bbc london: and coming up on bbc news emma raducanu s comeback goes to plan. she s into the next round at the nottingham open, after a straight sets win today. hello. rishi sunak has launched the conservative party s election manifesto, promising a raft of new measures that he says will enable working people to keep more of the money they earn. he was speaking at the silverstone race track, and made pledges on tax, housing and immigration, including another 2p cut in the pound in national insurance, plus the abolition of the main self employed rate. there ll be help for first time buyers, with the scrapping of stamp duty on homes up to £425,000, and a new help to buy scheme. there s also a commitment to halve migration and have regularflights to r
welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in the united states where the president s son, hunter biden, has been found guilty of lying about his drug use, to illegally buy a gun. the jury in the trial in delaware, convicted him on all three counts. he could face a maximum of 25 years in jail. sarah smith has been following the trial and sent us this report from wilmington. hand in hand with his step mother, the first lady, as well as his wife, hunter biden left court a convicted felon. this trial peppered with lurid details from his private life and previous addiction to crack cocaine has clearly put great stress on the whole family. joe biden appeared after the verdict, ironically at a gun safety event, not mentioning his son. in a statement, he said he loved hunter and he s proud of the man he is today. he then set off to travel to delaware to be with his son this evening. during the trial, prosecutors argued that hunter biden ha
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
hello, i m loren taylor. rishi sunak has launched the conservative party s election manifesto, promising a raft of new measures, that he says will enable working people to keep more of the money, they earn. he was speaking at the silverstone race track, and made pledges on tax, housing, and immigration, including another 2p cut in the pound, in national insurance, plus the abolition of the main self employed rate. there ll be help for first time buyers, with the scrapping of stamp duty on homes up to £425,000, and a new help to buy scheme. there s also a commitment to halve migration, and have regular flights to rwanda, for those entering the uk illegally. chris mason was at the launch today. halfway through this election race, it s the moment for the cardboard boxes. within them, bundles of promises not always kept that set out a party s blueprint for the next five years. so the manifesto is here, so is the cabinet, then the prime minister. music, applause, and ovations f