Hello this is bbc news with shaun ley. The headlines. As the final few days of campaigning get underway, the conservatives promise to introduce an australian style points based immigration system to control unskilled migration. Meanwhile, labour has set out its plans for social care if it wins the election by offering more funding and free personal care for older people in england. A factory fire in the indian capital, delhi, which broke out in the early hours of the morning has killed at least 43 people. Now time for dateline london. Hello, and welcome to dateline london. Im carrie gracie. This week. Something we didnt expect President Trump defending nato against attack from a european leader. Something we did expect a teenager shaking up a Global Climate change conference. And something where no side dares trust its expectations a british election. My guests this week are abdel bari atwan, an analyst on arab affairs, portuguese writer eunice goes, henry chu, International Editor of
View of events in the uk. Borisjohnson is preparing to launch the conservative manifesto in the next few hours, which will pledge not to raise the rate of income tax, National Insurance or vat. The Prime Minister will also say he wants to bring his brexit deal back to the commons before christmas, if the conservatives are returned to power. Our political correspondent, nick eardley reports. What would he do with power . This afternoon, borisjohnson will unveil the conservative manifesto. His basic message deliver brexit and move onto domestic priorities. He will pledge that the bill that will deliver brexit will be brought back to parliament before christmas if he wins the election. That, he says, would allow the country to move on. So what will the conservatives do on the home front . They will pledge today not to raise rates of income tax, National Insurance, or vat. Thatll make it harder for the government to raise money, but the tories are still pledging to spend. Mrjohnson has alr
Hello and welcome to dateline london. Im carrie gracie. This week delhi is enveloped in toxic smog. Is that concentrating minds in government ahead of the madrid Climate Summit . Three weeks to go till the uk votes has it become the get brexit done election . And if not, then what . And as Prince Andrew quits public life, is it harder anywhere in the world to befriends with a sex offender . My guests today indianjournalist ashis ray, irish broadcaster brian oconnell, greg katz of Us News Agency associated press, and Agnes Poirier of french news magazine marianne. Welcome to you all. Four years ago, Climate Change barely registered as a voter issue in a british election. This time, its a priority. The same is true of the battle for the democratic president ial nomination in the us. But does voter anxiety translate into Government Action . Climate Scientists Say three in four countries have inadequate pledges on cutting emissions. Among them is india, whose capital has been choking on sm
My guests this week are abdel bari atwan, writer on arab affairs, portuguese writer eunice goes, henry chu, International Editor of variety, marc roche of french news weekly le point. Welcome to you all. Is it too easy to knock nato . At a fractious summit to mark the alliances 70th birthday, the french president stood by his assessment that it was brain dead, the american president said such comments were disrespectful, the turkish president retorted that it was the french president who was brain dead and the canadian Prime Minister got caught on camera gossiping about the american president , who then said the canadian was two faced. But natos secretary Generaljens Stoltenberg shrugged all this off as surface stuff and insisted the substance of the alliance was strong at 70. On the evidence of last weeks summit, is it . Marc, you start us off, you were there. It was quite messy, but on there. It was quite messy, but on the whole they managed, like they do at these meetings, a declara
Hello, and welcome to dateline london. Im carrie gracie. This week. Something we didnt expect President Trump defending nato against attack from a european leader. Something we did expect a teenager shaking up a Global Climate change conference. And something where no side dares trust its expectations a british election. My guests this week are abdel bari atwan, an analyst on arab affairs, portuguese writer eunice goes, henry chu, International Editor of variety, and marc roche of french news weekly le point. Welcome to you all. Now, is it too easy to knock nato . At a fractious summit to mark the alliances 70th birthday, the french president stood by his assessment that it was brain dead, the american president said such comments were disrespectful, the turkish president retorted that it was the french president who was brain dead and the canadian Prime Minister got caught on camera gossiping about the american president , who then said the canadian was two faced. But natos secretary