the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, is pledging to invest more than seven billion pounds, to try to unlock further funding from the private sector. meanwhile, the conservatives say labour s policy of banning new licences for oil and gas in the north sea will cost billions in lost tax. labour says its plans to close loopholes in the windfall tax on energy companies, that it says will raise llions. in about an hour, reform uk will release its election manifesto which the party is calling a contract with voters. we ll have more on that in a moment. the liberal democrats are having a day at the beach. while calling for an expansion of fuel duty relief for rural motorists. leader sir ed davey visited a south devon beach taking off his shoes and socks and building sand castles with children and their parents. as we said, nigel farage will launch reform uk s election manifesto in the next hour which the party is calling a contract with voters. reform is promising a freez
good evening. we start with the european elections. it s still early with exit polls coming in from around europe, but we ve had our first projection of what the next european parliament will look like, and in many countries, far right parties have made big gains. exit polls show a historic win for marine le pen s national rally in france and is on course to trounce president macron s party. far right parties have also made substantial gains in austria and germany. exit polls say 27 countries voting, most of them since thursday, 373 million people were eligible to vote. that is considerably more than the 244 million who will be taking part in the united states in november. so, this is a very big deal, not only because it will set the direction for this parliament at a critical time in europe, with war in ukraine, the economy stuttering, migration a major concern for many, but because what happens in this election so often has a bearing on the direction of domestic politics in
Prosperous nation. It is also a nation forged in the commitment that we will never allow the horrors and atrocities of the last century to be repeated. Now, we must Work Together to build a future where the nations of the region are at peace, and all of the region are at peace, and all of our children can grow, and grow up of our children can grow, and grow up strong, and grow up free from terrorism and violence. During my travels, in recent days, i have found new reasons for hope. I have just concluded a visit to saudi arabia, where yesterday i met with king salman, and with the leaders from across the muslim and arab world. And that visit, we reached historic in agreements to pursue greater cooperation in the fight against terrorism and its evil ideology. My future travels will ta ke ideology. My future travels will take me to visit pope francis at the vatican, and then our nato and european allies. We have before us a rare opportunity to bring security and stability and peace to thi
Review edition. What a year it has been. Trump was that victory, the rise of Populist Movements, the migrant crisis, wars across the middle east and the possibly of a new cold war in europe. Our top team area new cold war in europe. Our top team are a russian writer and former kremlin adviser, janet daley of the sunday telegraph, an iraqi journalist and thomas. In britain across europe and in the United States it has been eightjewish year. The brexit vote, Donald Trumps factory, political turmoil in france, and elsewhere. All have shown countries divided within themselves. Scotland, post Industrial Areas of northern even though the prosperous parts of london at times appeared to regard each other as incompetence of of. Trump and clinton voters often seem to belong not just trump and clinton voters often seem to belong notjust to different states but different visions of the United States. How significant has 2016 bean in terms of these Major Political events . The deep divisions betwee
Review edition of dateline london. What a year it has been. Brexit, Donald Trumps victory, the rise of Populist Movements, the migrant crisis, wars across the middle east and the possibility of a new cold war in europe. Our top team of year end reviewers are alexander nekrassov, a russian writer and former kremlin adviser, janet daley of the sunday telegraph, Mina Al Oraibi who is an iraqi journalist. And Thomas Kielinger of die welt. Well, in britain, across europe and in the United States it has been a tumultuous year. The brexit vote, Donald Trumps victory, political turmoil in france, italy and elsewhere. All have shown countries divided within themselves. Scotland, post Industrial Areas of Northern England and the prosperous parts of london at times appeared to regard each other as incomprehensible. Trump and clinton voters often seemed to belong notjust to different states but different visions of the United States. How significant has 2016 been in terms of these Major Political