recover back to the seasonal average as we go through the course of the weekend. but it is going to be rather wet and windy at times. until then, still chilly for the time of year. bye bye. this is bbc news, the headlines after refusing to resign over leaving d day commemorations early in an interview with the bbc the prime minister insists he is the person to lead the country so, the choice for everybody, only one or two people, keir starmer or myself, a vote for anyone who is not a conservative candidate makes it more likely keir starmer is that person. the liberal democrats launch their manifesto, with the focus on the nhs and social care. the party is promising to spend, an extra nine billion pounds. us secretary of state antony blinken arrives in tel aviv to push for a gaza ceasefire deal between israel and hamas. and initial autopsy results on the body of television presenter michael mosley, who died on the greek island of symi, show he died of natural causes. at the
tax for the big banks. 0ur political correspondent jessica parker reports. leader of the liberal democrats, ed davey! applause. a day to make some noise. the liberal democrats have been loudly declaring that the nhs and social care is in crisis. with a leader who has spoken about his experience of caring for his disabled son and previously his mother. after years of conservative chaos and neglect, the scale of the challenge is enormous, so our manifesto doesn t shy away from that. we are putting forward a bold, ambitious and fully costed plan to tackle the health and care crisis from top to bottom. this is a manifesto to save the nhs. crisis from top to bottom. the lib dems are pledging to give everyone the right to see a gp within seven days or 2a hours if urgent. provide free at home care for the elderly and disabled. and guarantee access to an nhs dentist in an emergency. the party also wants to lift the two child benefit cap, increase aviation taxes on people who frequent
for the second round. it means that in just three weeks there will be more elections, this time for the national parliament with macron gambling the national rally won t pull off a double, but how can he be sure? for the national rally leader marine le pen and her young colleague early elections offer a tantalising glimpse of the possibilities of power. but if they are to repeat their triumph at the europeans, they need to convince the public they are a party of government. translation: we are ready to be empowered if the french - people give us the support in the forthcoming legislative election. we are ready to turn the country around, ready to defend the interests of the french people, ready to put an end to mass immigration, in short we are ready to turn the country around, ready to bring it back to life. this morning president macron was paying respects to french victims of the second world war, blithely confident as ever so he seems, but his rule is at a turning point
This kind of never ending saga, they say, probes into allegations of the Trump Administration was linked to russia and wanting more details from the fbi on that. It is supposed to bea the fbi on that. It is supposed to be a non partisan post and that is why the terms last at least ten yea rs why the terms last at least ten years so why the terms last at least ten years so that they cross administration and and there was no linkage of their but the fact of the matter is, and a remember this at the time, being in washington last year, a lot of people suggested he himself inserted himself into the political process by usurping the power of the Attorney General in deciding the centre that latter to congress suggesting that the fbi was reopening the investigation into Hillary Clintons e mails days before a national election. Absolutely and that is what was so interesting about this hearing that the fbi director comey gave the senators because he try to defend his decision. He said it made h
layla moran, the liberal democrat spokesperson on foreign affairs. i asked our political correspondent peter saull what effect these military strikes in yemen would have in westminster. the rhetoric has been getting stronger in recent days. the defence secretary grant shapps said, watch this space a couple of days ago, about this growing concern about attacks on ships in the red sea. and now, alongside american allies, they have decided to take this action. there was a hastily convened cabinet called last night. the leader of the opposition, sir keir starmer, was invited too, as was the speaker of the house of commons. together, they were briefed on what the government was intending to do. it has, in a way, come as a bit of a bolt from the blue. it was not something that was dominating the agenda here in westminster. the focus was really on lots of more domestic issues, but nevertheless, a huge decision