chancellor of the exchequerjeremy hunt has described his autumn budget statement. 27 million workers will see their main national insurance contributions cut from 12% to 10% from january. and a tax break for companies that invest in new equipment will be made permanent, which mr hunt claims is the biggest business tax cut in modern history . also announced the news that from april, universal credit and disability benefits will go up by 6.7 percent. but those on welfare will have to take a work placement within 18 months or risk losing their benefits. the state pension will go up by 8.5% to 221 pounds 20 a week. the minimum wage for those aged 21 and older will go up to 11 pounds 44 an hour. pouring some cold water on all this however, a report out from the uk s independent spending watchdog, the office for budget responsibility. it warns that despite the new cuts, overall tax as a percentage of national income will soon be the highest since the second world war. here s our p
temporary halt of hostilities. hamas says some details have yet to be finalised. the fighting has continued these pictures show a series of explosions in gaza overnight. it s also likely to resume at some point, even if it is paused israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu has said that his country will continue to fight against hamas, until absolute victory was achieved. aid agencies had already been voicing concerns about the situation in gaza. some trucks carrying humanitarian supplies have been able to cross into the territory this week. but pictures like these showing people struggling to secure bottles of water in gaza indicate how difficult conditions there are. we ll bring you the latest on all of these developments in this programme but we start with this report on the delay to the hostage and prisoner exchange deal from our middle east correspondent tom bateman. well, the sense we had all day was that according to the agreement, the ceasefire would start a
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Could a computer come up with the next big medical breakthrough . Well meet the man whos using Artificial Intelligence to try to bush back the boundaries of medical science. And as weetabix fails to take off in china, its chinese owner puts the company up for sale. So today, we want to know, what gets you going in a morning . Whats your breakfast wherever in the world youre watching us today . Welcome to the programme. Of course it has to be a full english send in your comments. In the last few hours, the us Vice President mike pence has touched down in tokyo where hes meeting with the japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe. In recent weeks, President Trump appears to have softened his stance on trade after taking aim at some of the worlds biggest exporters during his election campaign. In the case of japan it has been accused of manipulating its currency for trade advantage something the japanese have denied. And the Trump Administration is hoping to reverse the Trade Deficit between the