Dog, pom. Pictures here of him out with his dog, poppy, in the early hours near Downing Street. Some nice pictures. The chancellor has promised his plans will stimulate the flagging economy and help family with permanent tax breaks. Labour will argue that any reductions will still leave people worse off because of the freezing of Tax Thresholds. So what could be expected in todays budget . Ben king takes a look. The background to todays budget has been gloomy, with the economy in recession. But it looks like the chancellor will still find room to cut taxes. The conservatives are trailing labour in the polls, and looking Forjeremy Hunt to give them some cheer in places like this, winchester, a seat the Lib Dems Hope to win. So what do people here think about tax cuts . I think it would be a good idea because it gives people more money to spend on what they want to buy. Realistically, people arent going to save that much money from a tax cut, whereas more money in Public Services means B
11 people including two Health Care Workers in an israeli raid in the city of rafah thats according to gazas Health Ministry. The bbc s Diplomatic Correspondent paul adams reports from jerusalem. How were so many people injured . Were they shot or crushed in a desperate stampede . At gazas shifa hospital, the un says theres evidence of both. This hospital is treating more than 200 people that were injured. We have seen people with gunshot wounds. You have seen amputees and we have seen children as young as 12. Jihad is haunted by what he saw when the convoy arrived on thursday morning. Were the soldiers firing deliberately . Hes asked. Yes. With tanks, soldiers, aircraft. Why the shooting started is still not clear. Israel says troops felt threatened. How . These pictures do not show. Tanks were present. Theres no evidence of aircraft being involved. The un finally reached gaza city yesterday, taking badly needed fuel and medicine to shifa hospital, demanding israel do more to open up
Following last years Military Supplies such as bulletproof vests and helmets, we will support Military Supplies on a large scale this year. Translation i can happily state that the agreement to transfer i the transport and special equipment including demining cars is already being executed. It helps us save lives. Live now to our Diplomatic Correspondent james landale. We dont often see asian leaders in ukraine. Can you give us a sense of the significance of this visit . Thats right. We dont often see them there with the president of indonesia went last year, the japanese president earlier this year, china has sent an envoy earlier this year but this is few and far between. Kyiv is a Conveyor Belt of european and american politicians visiting on a daily basis. So it is unusual and diplomats will take comfort from this because one of the great failures of the west, europe and the United States in this war, has been to convince the rest of the world that it matters to them as well. Large
Following last years Military Supplies such as bulletproof vests and helmets, we will support Military Supplies on a large scale this year. Translation i can happily state that the agreement to transfer i the transport and special equipment including demining cars is already being executed. It helps us save lives. Live now to our Diplomatic Correspondent james landale. We dont often see asian leaders in ukraine. Can you give us a sense of the significance of this visit . Thats right. We dont often see them there with the president of indonesia went last year, the japanese president earlier this year, china has sent an envoy earlier this year but this is few and far between. Kyiv is a Conveyor Belt of european and american politicians visiting on a daily basis. So it is unusual and diplomats will take comfort from this because one of the great failures of the west, europe and the United States in this war, has been to convince the rest of the world that it matters to them as well. Large
Following last years Military Supplies such as bulletproof vests and helmets, we will support Military Supplies on a large scale this year. Translation i can happily state that the agreement to transfer i the transport and special equipment including demining cars is already being executed. It helps us save lives. Live now to our Diplomatic Correspondent james landale. We dont often see asian leaders in ukraine. Can you give us a sense of the significance of this visit . Thats right. We dont often see them there with the president of indonesia went last year, the japanese president earlier this year, china has sent an envoy earlier this year but this is few and far between. Kyiv is a Conveyor Belt of european and american politicians visiting on a daily basis. So it is unusual and diplomats will take comfort from this because one of the great failures of the west, europe and the United States in this war, has been to convince the rest of the world that it matters to them as well. Large