as many of us look forward to a summer holiday, the cost of being dropped off at the airport is now higher than ever. i ll have the details on how much it s gone up. it s gold in rome for keely hodgkinson. despite struggling with illness, she wins the european 800m title once again, with the olympics just around the corner. after a brighter, sunny start in central and eastern areas, rain in the west will cross us all except for the far east and it will be windy especially in the west. all the details later. it s thursday the 13th ofjune. our main story. labour will publish its election manifesto this morning, with sir keir starmer saying he is putting wealth creation at the heart of his plans for government. he s said there will be no surprises on tax and has ruled out increases in vat, income tax and national insurance. the conservatives have challenged labour to match their own range of tax pledges for families and businesses. our political correspondent damian grammaticas
of communications under president trump and lord kim darroch, former british ambassador to the us. first, the latest headlines. joe biden and volodymyr zelensky have signed a landmark us ukraine security deal, with the us president warning russia that kyiv s allies are not backing down . mr biden said the bilateral agreement, plus a g7 deal for a $50 billion loan for ukraine using frozen russian funds, collectively showed mr putin that he cannot wait us out. hezbollah has fired a fresh barrage of rockets and drones from lebanon into israel in retaliation for the killing of a senior commander on tuesday. israel said a number of projectiles were intercepted by air defences, although some hit open areas, igniting fires. russian prosecutors say the american journalist, evan gershkovich, will go on trial for espionage at a court in the urals, but no date has been given. mr gershkovich was reporting for the wall streetjournal when he was accused of spying. he denies the charge
family . he also talked about labour s pledges being fully funded and fully costed, and also talked about the party making hard choices if elected. plenty to unpack from the past a0 or so minutes. let s stay with his pictures of angela rayner and the shadow cabinet shaking hands with various people, including some of those speakers from the very beginning of the event. let s cross live to ione wells, who is at the launch. lots to unpack today. as i said earlier, the themes have already been out in public. we know exactly what he was going to say. but it felt to me, and i don t know if it felt to you, keir starmer is a man who is very assured about what he wants? that is right. as you say, and apologies, it is quite loud music behind me, there wasn t really any big surprises in this manifesto, and i think that was sort of the point that labour were trying to achieve today. keir starmer made trying to achieve today. keir starmer made a trying to achieve today. keir starmer
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