conservative party leadership candidate rishi sunak says he will cut the basic rate of income tax from 20% to 16% if he becomes prime minister. horn blares the first ship carrying grain leaves the ukrainian port of odesa under an agreement brokered by turkey. the court of appeal will hold a last minute hearing today in the case of archie battersbee just hours before doctors are due to withdraw his life support. hello and a very good morning. england s lionesses have made history in a dramatic win against old rivals germany, in football s european championship final. there were scenes ofjoy on and off the pitch, as a record breaking 87,000 fans packed wembley stadium for the nail biting game. it s the first major trophy for england since the men s world cup win in 1966. our sports correspondent natalie pirks looks back at a historic night for women s football. commentator: the lionesses first-ever major trophy. - they say the best things come to those who wait. england, e
Russell brands channel, whats happening there . Well, in recent years Russell Brand has perhaps dropped out of the Mainstream Media a little bit, but that doesnt mean that he doesnt have a huge following on social media, in particular onjujube. He has 6. 6 million followers for his channel where he posts videos almost every day, giving his opinion on all sorts of things. He is able to make quite a lot of money out of that because there are adverts at the beginning of those videos and at the end and he is also able to promote things as part of those videos and provide links in the comments and Description Section of the youtube page to various products. However, he is no longer going to be able to make money from that because google has come out with a statement this morning saying we have suspended monetisation of Russell Brands channel for violating our greater responsibility policy. No response to this movie yet from Russell Brand, although i was looking at his site this morning and
Our look at the day at westminster. Our top stories the Foreign Secretary says all british Passport Holders will be able to travel to the United States, despite President Trumps travel ban. This Executive Order will make no difference to any british passport holder, irrespective of their country of birth or whether they hold another passport. But despite borisjohnson describing the policy as wrong, Opposition Mps say hes not going far enough reacting to the policy. This order was signed on Holocaust Memorial day. For the sake of history, for heavens sake, have the guts to speak out. Also tonight concerns the closure Ofjobcentre Plus buildings may not take into account local issues. Can my honourable friend assure me that those who have put forward the proposals have indeed visited places such as the Calder Valley to understand the demographics and geography, or have theyjust sat in their offices in whitehall using google maps . The Foreign Secretary has told the commons that President
Against so called Islamic State in iraqs second city, mosul. Theyve taken the citys airport, a key Staging Point in the battle to drive militants from the western half of the city. Our correspondent Quentin Sommerville was there as Iraqi Government troops fought their way in. Before the attack came the rockets and artillery. Its day five of the offensive to retake western mosul. Slowly, the forces make their way past a suspected is car bomb, torched en route. These armoured columns are now moving forward to mosul airport. The attack for the airport is under way. All night long, weve heard Coalition Aircraft and iraqi artillery slam this area just to the north of us. The onslaught had cleared this village of is fighters and civilians. Its eerily quiet as the men proceed on foot. A local man tells the Special Forces there were up to 100 is here yesterday. Theyve hidden bombs all over. So the men took to higher ground. And we followed at a safe distance. As the day went on, there was no l