Its pledge on tuition fees in england theyll be scrapped for students starting this year. President trump is in israel. He speaks of a rare opportunity for peace with the palestinians. The sun was out, the garden is in full bloom, yes, time for the Chelsea Flower Show. Coming up in sportsday on bbc news, david moyes resigns as manager of sunderland following the clubs relegation from the Premier League this season. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Theresa may calls it a clarification, Opposition Parties call it a u turn. Either way, the conservatives have spent the day defending their decision to include a cap on the amount anyone in england will have to spend on social care. There was no explicit pledge to have such a cap in the partys manifesto last week, leading critics to label it a dementia tax. Labour accused the conservatives of being mired in chaos and confusion over the policy, while the Liberal Democrats called it a manifesto meltdown. Heres our Political Edit
Standing up for young people and the environment, but theyre standing aside in more seats than theyre likely to win in the hope that it will help labour and the liberal democrats. Pushing for a Progressive Alliance with other parties on the left has led to criticism theyll end up in a coalition of chaos. They want to transform politics. To do that, they first need to get located. Elinor garnier, bbc news. Sinn fein has launched its general election manifesto, which is calling for a referendum on whether Northern Ireland should leave the uk and become part of the irish republic. The party wants the vote to be held within five years. Sinn feins leader in Northern Ireland, michelle oneill, said the only way of securing a future in the European Union was to end partition with the republic. So this is very much an opportunity to tell both the tories and the dup, again, in the strongest possible terms that we reject brexit, that we reject any border, that we reject any attempt to put limits
Standing up for young people and the environment, but theyre standing aside in more seats than theyre likely to win in the hope that it will help labour and the liberal democrats. Pushing for a Progressive Alliance with other parties on the left has led to criticism theyll end up in a coalition of chaos. They want to transform politics. To do that, they first need to get located. Elinor garnier, bbc news. Sinn fein has launched its general election manifesto, which is calling for a referendum on whether Northern Ireland should leave the uk and become part of the irish republic. The party wants the vote to be held within five years. Sinn feins leader in Northern Ireland, michelle oneill, said the only way of securing a future in the European Union was to end partition with the republic. So this is very much an opportunity to tell both the tories and the dup, again, in the strongest possible terms that we reject brexit, that we reject any border, that we reject any attempt to put limits
Katie razzall looks at the faultlines on the question of scottish independence. I would hate to separate from the uk. I would love im quite happy to be part of the british isles, just not the uk. You havent really got the choice i youve got a really big hammer drill. Hello. Good evening. Remember those heady days when this election seemed boring . When we were sick of the stage managed, unwavering adjectives on offer . Many feared the electoral outcome had already been written on something more permanent than the fated ed stone. But this week shattered all of that. This was the script no one wrote. A week that began with a monumental uturn, soon forgotten in the torment of manchesters attack. And from its wake, a campaign that emerged refocussed on National Security and Foreign Policy. A poll today showed labour slashing the conservative lead to five points. Well be speaking to david butler in a moment the psephologist who has seen more from the frontline of electoral history than anyo
Becoming ever more extensive. Perhaps a bit more patchy towards the east but you will do well to miss it altogether. Then through the evening we will import those muggier conditions from across the channel andi conditions from across the channel and i wouldnt be surprised again if there were some Thunder Storms eventually, perhaps away from that main area, which will migrate to the north of england, through northern ireland, Southern Scotland and the storms perhaps gathering across the South East On what will be another sultry night, much fresher further north. On monday, we are pushing that band of weather further towards to the north. A dull, damp day across the northern half. All the while a chance of humid conditions sparking off yet more storms for the south east. Hello, this is bbc news. Well be taking a look at tomorrows papers in a moment. First, the headlines. British airways says a Power Supply Issue was behind a computerfailure that has left thousands of passengers stranded