we start here in the uk and the fourth day of campaigning ahead of the general election on the 4th ofjuly. labour says it won t raise income tax or national insurance, if it wins power. the pledge was made by the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, speaking to the bbc, but she didn t rule out some spending cuts, saying there would be difficult decisions to make. leila nathoo has more. thank you very much. she wants to decide how taxpayers money is spent. rachel reeves making her pitch in west yorkshire this afternoon, promising a labour government would ensure economic stability. today, she said if she became chancellor there would be no rises in income tax or national insurance. but she acknowledged she would face difficult decisions and that public services were struggling. we re not going to be bringing back austerity, but we have got that immediate injection of cash into our front line public services. that s a down payment on the changes that we want to make. but in th
hello. we start here in the uk, and the fourth day of campaigning ahead of the general election on the 4th ofjuly. labour says it won t raise income tax or national insurance, if it wins power. the pledge was made by the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, speaking to the bbc, but she didn t rule out some spending cuts, saying there would be difficult decisions to make. leila nathoo has more. thank you very much. she wants to decide how taxpayers money is spent. rachel reeves making her pitch in west yorkshire this afternoon, promising a labour government would ensure economic stability. today, she said if she became chancellor there would be no rises in income tax or national insurance. but she acknowledged she would face difficult decisions and that public services were struggling. we re not going to be bringing back austerity, but we have got that immediate injection of cash into our front line public services. that s a down payment on the changes that we want to make. bu
in papua new guinea. bangladesh braces for a tropical cyclone. let s return to the general election. the conservatives have announced they will introduce mandatory national service for 18 year olds if they win. it s a plan labour have called desparate and unfunded. earlier this morning, the home secretary, james cleverly, spoke on sunday with laura kuenssberg. what we re putting forward is a mandatory national service, a small element of which will be with the military, and anyone taking that route will volunteer to do so. so whilst you will be compelled to take part in the national service, no one will be compelled to do the military bit. and it s about addressing the fragmentation that we ve seen in society too many young people living in their own bubble, whether it be a digital bubble or a social bubble. and we want to get back to the situation where people are mixing with young people from different areas, different economic groups, different religions, to try and find
the cause of the fire is not yet clear. officials in ukraine see at least 12 people have been killed and 43 injured after russian forces hit our diy store in kharkiv and some people are still missing. ukraine is calling on the west to supply weapons to prevent similar attacks over the border. this call has been backed by the head of nato. until now ukraine has largely had to rely on drones and other weapons. drones squeal. they are now one of the most potent weapons of this war. cheap, mass produced drones being used to deadly effect. and here on the front they are helping ukraine slow the russian advance. but still not enough. translation: we can hold them back with drones and hurt them badly. but to win with them, unfortunately, no. what you call them? these are peaky blinders. it s what they call themselves peaky blinders after the cult tv series. flat caps, that s where the similarity ends. they have been trained by western special forces. in a few weeks they have hunte
hello, i m lauren taylor. some breaking news to bring you. the hamas run government media office says israeli air strikes on rafah have killed at least 30 people. this comes after hamas launched rocket attacks towards tel aviv for the first time in months. a spokesperson with the palestinian red crescent society said the death toll was likely to increase as search and rescue efforts continued in rafah s tal al sultan neighbourhood west of the city centre. there was no immediate comment from the israel defense forces. earlier on sunday, the israeli military said at least eight rockets were launched from the rafah area of southern gaza, most of which it intercepted. some did get through, landing in open fields. police said a home in the tel aviv suburb of herzliya suffered minor damage from falling shrapnel, and two people suffered light injuries, but no serious losses were reported. here in the uk, and on the fourth day of campaigning ahead of the general election on the 4th o