mutual security pact. the deal was made on a day of carefully stage managed events during mr putin s first visit to north korea for over 20 years. prosecutors are to decide whether to seek a retrial for a uk couple accused of the manslaughter of their newborn baby by gross negligence, after a jury failed to agree on verdicts. constance marten and mark gordon denied a total of five charges. and english heritage says summer solstice celebrations at stonehenge won t be affected by a protest by climate activists. members ofjust stop oil sprayed orange paint on parts of the monument. two people were arrested. warm welcome if you are justjoining us. for 17 years, the snp has the set the agenda in scottish politics, racking up some landslide wins along the way. butjohn swinney, the new first minister is finding things a lot tougher. in fact he battling for relevance, amid a labour surge north of the border, that is threatening to sweep them from the board. the manifesto the snp rele
nigel farage says he want to be a candidate for prime minister in five years time. right now, his party is promising to cut the nhs england waiting list to zero in two years. how is that possible? and the two child benefit cap which both the conservatives and labour will keep will plunge half a million more children into relative poverty ,according to new figures., according to new figures. welcome to newsnight, where we bring you interviews and election insight live every weeknight. our political panel tonight is conservative peer lord ed vaizey. and the boss of electricity company ecotricity, dale vince, who will support labour at this election. he s donated money to labour, the greens and lib dems in the past. we ll hearfrom them in a moment. first, nick, take ouraudience through what mr farage was promising today and why merthyr tydfil? as you say the key word is contract, nigel farage says it is not a manifesto, because he says manifestos are associated with the est
is behind the anonymous profiles. l and, the euros or the election? what s more exciting?! joining us today, home office minister chris philp, labour s deputy campaign coordinator ellie reeves, liberal democrat munira wilson and conservative home deputy editor henry hill. this is politics live election 202a. welcome to viewers on bbc2, bbc iplayer and bbc news. so there is another major contest about to kick off later on today, it is of course the euros and scotland face germany in munich. let s have a look at some of the traditional build up. there they are, bagpipes and all. all the scottish fans outside enjoying the sunshine there, lucky old them. in the build up to that first match this evening. and they will be competing for prime time television of course with the general election coverage that everyone has been glued to for the last three weeks. so to kick off this programme, chris philp, what has got morejeopardy this programme, chris philp, what has got more jeopardy
spells of rain in northern ireland. temperature is about ten to 12 degrees. tomorrow, for northern scotland we have persistent rain, some brisk winds and it will be a cool day, 12 or 13 degrees. away from that, probably a dry start but it won t stay that way. showers in the west moved eastwards. some heavy with hale and thunder and our temperatures continue to be below average for the time of year, average for the time of year, average is 17 to 2ajune. the weekend, more of the same. the same area of low pressure. a few changes, eastern scotland sees heavier rain, the wind is not as strong across northern scotland and sir keir starmer says labour s manifesto is a serious plan for government. is it ambitious enough for you? and it has just finished, the latest seven way election debate on itv where labour s angela rayner attacks on all sides on tax and migration. welcome to newsnight, live with insight and interviews. let me introduce you to our panel this evening. the politica