the pound has hit a 37 year low against the dollar after the uk the bodies of 71 migrants have been found after the boat they were travelling in sank off syria s coast. it s not clear what caused the accident. hello and a warm welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the broadcaster and journalist james lewer and the sun s chief political correspondent natasha clark. let s talk a look at tomorrow s front pages. today s mini budget dominates the front pages. the mail calls it a true tory budget, and says the £45 billion package has been welcomed by business leaders. but the independent calls the plans robin hood in reverse , as the highest earners are expected to see the biggest tax cut benefits. the i says that markets were spooked by a surge in government borrowing to pay for the biggest tax cuts since 1972. the market s reaction is on the front of the financial times, too. the pound slumped to its lowest level against the do
more than seventy migrants die after their boat sinks off the coast of syria our correspondent is with the rescue operation. and the first woman to win the booker prize twice the celebrated author dame hilary mantel has died at the age of 70 officials in four russian occupied regions of ukraine have been holding self declared referenda on whether to become part of the russian federation. the kremlin supports the votes just as it did after the annexation of crimea the ukrainian territory which was invaded in 2014. but the government in kyiv and western countries have condemned the referenda saying they are just a sham, and that they will never be recognised. these are the four areas where voting is being held. they include occupied parts of luhansk and donetsk in the east, and zaporizhzhia and kherson, in the south and cover around fifteen percent of ukraine s territory. votes are are expected to run until tuesday, and the result seems almost certain to go in m
the biggest tax cuts in half a century in a bid to kickstart growth. more than seventy people die after a migrant boat sinks off the coast of syria. a new type of cancer therapy shows promising results in early human trials. we hear from the study leader. and the first woman to win the booker prize twice the celebrated author dame hilary mantel dies at the age of seventy. officials in four russian occupied regions of ukraine have been holding self declared referendums on whether to become part of the russian federation. the kremlin supports the votes just as it did after the annexation of crimea the ukrainian territory which was invaded in 2014. but the government in kyiv and western countries have condemned the referendums saying they are just a sham, and that they will never be recognised. these are the four areas where voting is being held. they include occupied parts of luhansk and donetsk in the east, and zaporizhzhia and kherson, in the south and cov
The european comission as he addresses the European Parliament. And the robot making its debut as the conductor of an orchestra in italy. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Fire officers say full Sprinkler Systems can save lives in high rise buildings and fitting them should be compulsory. But a bbc investigation of half the association and council owned high rises in england has found that only 2 are fitted with them. The Public Inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire injune which left at least 80 people dead begins tomorrow. Londons fire commissioner has said that the Grenfell Tower fire must be a turning point in fire regulation and has called for sprinklers to be installed in all High Rise Council flats. Graham satchell reports from Grenfell Tower in west london. When the inquiry opens tomorrow, it will ask fundamental questions, why did it start, why did it spread so quickly and why did so many die and how do we prevent a fire like this in the future . Fire experts we have spoke
Nervously to find out if theyve won. Well bring you the announcement of the winner live here on bbc news in the next hour. Raqqa has fallen. The Islamic State group has been driven from its de fa cto group has been driven from its de facto capital. This is in the north of syria and four months after the kurdish led, us backed Syrian Democratic forces began their offensive. It has now declared that the city has been completely liberated, with Ongoing Operations to comb and cleanse districts from the remnants of is. Raqqa was the first major city to be captured by is in 2014. It became the headquarters of what it calls its caliphate. This map shows in more detail the territory that Islamic State had at the beginning of 2015. All of this area marked in pink in syria and in iraq was controlled. Millions of people were under is rule. But this dark red area is what is controls now. I should tell you the us military is more cautious about raqqa. It says 90 of raqqa has been reta ken. About ra