Im katty kay in washington. Christian fraser is off. Its not entirely clear why relations between germany and america have deteriorated so fast this week, but theres no doubt they have. Both Angela Merkel and donald trump today continued their war of words. For the american president , that meant taking to twitter. We have a massive Trade Deficit with germany, plus they pay far less than they should on nato military very bad for us this will change. The German Foreign minister wistfully suggested it isnt helpful for the two countries to be communicating with tweets but his chancellor restated her view that europe now has to look out for itself. Translation transatlantic ties are of paramount importance to us. The only thing i did was to say that the Current Situation gives more reasons for us in europe to take our destiny in ourown for us in europe to take our destiny in our own hands. So what is germany and the rest of europe making of the apparent us german row. Joining me from bruss
Party representatives. Well have more from huw in a moment. The other main stories on bbc news at five. Jailed for 15 years the Breast Surgeon who carried out a series of unnecessary operations at hospitals in the West Midlands. He took everything away from me. Up until today its been going on since the 90s and only today ive got justice. He took away my youth. Preparations are underway at old trafford Cricket Ground for a concert honouring victims of the manchester bombing. And Arsene Wenger signs up to two more years as Arsenal Manager and says he wants to win next years Premier League title. Its 5 oclock. Were in cambridge at the senate house of the university the venue for one of the biggest debates of this Election Campaign, with just eight days to polling day. Seven Party Representatives will be taking part and they will include the labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn who announced earlier today that he was cancelling his campaign visit to the South West Of England to attend this debate.
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And leaders from most of the main parties have been taking part in a live tv debate on the bbc. Interestingly Prime Minister theresa may wasnt there she ruled out doing head to head tv debates and sent a senior minister, amber rudd, in her place. The main opposition labour leader Jeremy Corbyn had said he also wouldnt go if mrs may wasnt appearing but he had a last minute change of heart, and decided to turn up. Lets hear him clashing with amber rudd over payments to disabled people. We are a party who always supports those in most need. And the welfare bill for helping people on disabilities has gone up £7 billion in the last seven years. And is now at £50 billion. We will always provide that safety net. Amber, you tried to remove safety nets away from people on disabilities and turned around on that. You are not credible. I know there is no extra payment you do not want to add to, no tax you do not want to rise, but the fact is that we have to concentrate our resources on the peopl
Shows promising results. In sport, European Club footballs biggest night in sport, European Club footballs biggest night. Home fans will be hoping gareth bale gets to play at some point in the Champions League final. And ben has the weather. Good morning. We have swept away the warmth and humidity from the last couple of days. A fresher weekend ahead with spells of sunshine and a few passing showers, all the details coming up. Good morning. First, our main story. Theresa may and Jeremy Corbyn have faced tough questions from a tv audience, just days before the general election. They were challenged separately in a Special Edition of Question Time in york. Mrs may faced uncomfortable questions about nhs funding. While mr corbyn faced a Robust Exchange over whether he would use the uks nuclear deterrent. Our Political Correspondent vicky young was there. They came here hoping to persuade people that they have what it takes to lead the country. No one expected an easy ride but from the sta