illegally. he was here in my county. five people died in my county, and that s where my heart is, in my heart is. we protect our people to the best of our ability. a texas sheriff reacting to the latest deadly mass shooting in america. this time it s five people shot in their home by their neighbor. we ll have the latest on the manhunt for the gunman. plus, former president donald trump is making headlines for hugging a woman who served time in prison for taking part in the capitol insurrection and who has also called for the execution of members of congress. and we ll have an update on the efforts to evacuate americans out of sudan, now more than two weeks since the deadly violence broke out in that country. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, may 1st. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us. we ll begin with breaking news. another american bank has failed. just this morning, financial regulators in california seize
aggressive direction and it follows the opening of the ruling party congress in beijing where he addressed the issue of taiwan, which china claims as part of its territory. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are rachel cunliffe who s the senior associate editor at the new statesman, and eleanor langford, the political reporter for politics home. tomorrow s front pages, starting with. all of tomorrow s papers focus on the biggest u turn in british political history, let s start with, the ft focuses on one of the biggest u turns in recent british history and says truss fights for survival as business chiefs and plotters pile on pressure. the government faces decisions of eye watering difficulty as he speaks economic stability. the guardian features a photo of us smiling chancellor after the paper calls and astounding you on tax. the times features a grim looking front bench with the headline, £5,000 fuel bills. humil
to increase the personal tax allowance for pensioners if they win the general election. they say the proposal would be worth £275 a year to each pensioner by the end of the decade. under the plans, the state pension would always remain below the tax free threshold. rishi sunak says the scheme shows the conservatives are on the side of pensioners but labour have called it desperate . rishi sunak will be out campaigning in the midlands today. let s get more on this with nick eardley. what do you love about it? how do you win over older voters? it s a question politicians ask themselves a lot. pensioners tend to get out and vote. so today, an offer from the conservatives, that the basic state pension will never be liable for income tax. the simple fact is that this tax change, this triple lock plus, will mean going forward that millions of pensioners, eight million pensioners, in fact, will be paying less tax than they would otherwise be paying. and that is clearly a tax cut
welcome back. ron desantis s trip to united kingdom has appeared to have fallen back. he bus on a four-country trade trip. he med with business chiefs on friday. some were described as horrendous and low wattage. according to our friends at politico, one british official said desantis looked bored and his message wasn t presidential. another said nobody in the room was thinking this man is going places. it felt a bit like we were watching a state-level politician. ouch. desantis said the international trip was officially promoted as an attempt to build economic relationships with the four countries, but it has been seen by many in the u.s. as a chance for the governor to present himself as a leader on the world