ukraine says at least five people have been killed and 18 injured by a series of russian missile strikes on the strategic port city of odessa. america s most senior diplomat antony blinken will visit kyiv on sunday, according to ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky, campaigning ends in france s hard fought presidential election with emmanuel macron and his far right rival marine le pen urging people to turn out and vote on sunday. 26 passengers and crew are missing injapan after a tourist boat reportedly sinks off the northern island of hokkaido. downing street confirms the prime minister has not yet received any further fines for breaking lockdown rules. supermarkets across the uk are limiting how much cooking oil customers are able to buy as supplies are hit by the war in ukraine. and tyson fury will take on dillian whyte later in what s expected to be one of the biggest all british heavyweight fights in boxing history. now on bbc news, it s sportsday. hello, i m olly fos
Kamal ahmed reports. It can all seem a little distant the treasury, the Government Department that publishes the budget, but what this grand office of state says matters for all of us and today it became clear why. The budgets major growth downgrade revealed the amount we earn has not increased for a decade, however hard we work and however far we travel, and those stagnant wages could be with this well into the next decade. Out shopping in basildon, essex, adele and her daughter emily. It is a struggle making ends meet. I have been working years and i have not had a pay rise and i now have a child. Everything else is gone up, rent had gone up, food has gone up. All the other prices gas and electric. We are constantly getting told this is going up, this is going up, but nothing else is going up with it. I asked the head of the institute for fiscal studies why the growth downgrade mattered so much. Economic forecasts may not sound important, but when they mean your earnings and Living S
In the next hour held under five star hotel arrest we get exclusive access to riyadhs ritz Carlton Holding 200 of saudi arabias most powerful people. As far as detention centres go, this is beyond compare. Luxury Swimming Pool is beyond compare. Luxury Swimming Pool, restaurants, a gym, everything is glittering. And a bitter blow to britain after brussels ruled it cant now host the 2023 European Capital of culture. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The uk is in danger of losing almost 20 years of growth in earnings thats the stark warning from the institute of fiscal studies after yesterdays budget. The independent think tank says the squeeze on Living Standards in the past ten years is unprecedented and warns that the Economic Outlook is grim. It says theres no imminent end to austerity and government borrowing is now expected to rise for decades. The chancellor, Philip Hammond, said he hoped to prove the forecasts wrong and insisted his budget was a package for families feeling t
From internet streaming sites. Fresh hope for millions of people with type 2 diabetes, after a new Clinical Trial doctors are calling a watershed moment. And four artists in the frame for britains most prestigious art award, the turner prize. Were live in hull, the uks city of culture, where the ceremony is being held. Our main story at 5, a review ordered by the government has concluded that it is conceivable that the bombing at a concert at the Manchester Arena in may, in which 22 people were killed, could have been prevented. The intelligence service, mi5, received information about salman abedi, the bomber, before the attack but failed to put him under investigation. David anderson qc, the governments former independent reviewer of terror laws who wrote the report, added that it was unknowable whether re examining abedi would have thwarted his plans. This report is from richard lister. 0h oh my god. Voiceover march this year, a suicide bomber hasjust blown himself up in Manchester
President trump has announced he intends to move the us embassy in israel from tel aviv to jerusalem he did so in a number of calls to leaders in the region. This is hugely significant it could be a step towards recognising jerusalem as israels capital no country has gone that far since israels creation in 1948. King abdullah ofjordan told mr trump this could have dangerous repercussions on the stability and security of the region. A spokesman for the palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas said he has urged russia, france and the pope, to intervene to prevent it from happening. Heres the reaction of turkish president , recep tayyip erdogan. Translation i would like to reiterate my sadness over reports the us is getting ready to recognise jerusalem as israels capital. Mr trump, jerusalem is the red line for muslims. We will continue our fight until the last minute. This can go as far as cutting diplomatic ties with israel. Israel sees jerusalem as its eternal, undivided capital and it has