i will deliver tax cuts, but tax cuts you can believe in. i will make that happen. what i am about is about cutting people s taxes, reversing the national insurance increase to put more money in people s pockets, and making sure those that work hard, go out to work, are rewarded. if you have just joined if you havejustjoined us, a warm welcome to bbc news. in the past hour, the head of the world health organisation has declared the outbreak of monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern. the who director general says 16,000 cases of the disease have been reported in more than 75 countries, and five people have died. dr tedros says monkeypox represents a high risk in europe, with a clear risk of further international spread. we have an outbreak that has spread around the world rapidly, through new modes of transmission about which we understand too little, and which meets the criteria in the international health regulations. for all of these reasons, i have de
i will deliver tax cuts but tax cuts you can believe in. i will make that happen. what i m about is about cutting people s taxes, reversing the national insurance increased to put more money in people s pockets and making sure those who work hard and go out to work are rewarded. there s been widespread condemnation of a russian missile attack on the ukrainian port city of odesa only one day after moscow signed a deal with kyiv to enable the export of grain through odesa and other ports. ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky said russia would always find ways not to keep its promises. the un secretary general, antonio guterres also condemned the missile strike, saying that full implementation of the grain deal made between russia, ukraine and turkey was crucial. evgeny popov is a member of parliament for president putin s united russia party. he claims russia is abiding by the grain deal. we are following every letter of the istanbul deal which my government have signed
North yorkshire, one of 27 newly designated Bathing Sites. Some brave souls are already in the water of the river nidd but how clean is it . Arsenal take the premier League Title Race to the final weekend. Even the heavy rain at old tafford couldnt stop them as they beat Manchester United. And were set for a thrilling finish to the season. Idid it i love you top boy, happy valley and the Sixth Commandment were some of the big winners at the Bafta Television awards but the crown left empty handed. Good morning. Yesterday was the warmest day of the year so far. In chertsey, the temperature reached 27. 5 celsius. Today, rain is coming in from the south west, affecting some western areas. Dry, sunny and warm further east. I will have all the details later. Its monday, 13th may. New evidence has been uncovered that the British Government was warned by its own Embassy Staff in the us about the risk of hiv from contaminated blood in the early 1980s. Its now thought more than 1,200 nhs patient
Two first, lets catch up with the sport headlines. Hello there, we know that the Premier League title will be decided on the final day, but theres a significant match coming up for aston villa on monday night. The former european cup winners can secure qualification for the champion league. A win against liverpool at villa park will be enough to ensure a top four finish, that would see them return to europes top Club Competition for the First Time Since 1983. Its the penultimate game in charge for liverpoolsjurgen klopp, and hes one booking away from a touchline ban. He doesnt want to spoil his farewell at anfield next sunday. Unai is more of the best in the business, wherever he was in sometimes clubs are not ready to wait. You always organise a team extremely, extremely well. Thejob he is doing is exceptional. We all know how important it is for a club to qualify for the Champions League, how difficult it is to do so and that he probably very likely will do that. It is absolutely exc
We can cross live to westminster and our Political Correspondent hannah miller. We have had some previewing of the speech. Tell us what we can expect. If they choose to spend more money on defence then it is likely going to have to come from other departments. There are questions about the extent to which that is an affordable commitment. We also expect rishi sunak to make the speech about him as an individual rather than his party. It is significant because it is her first among his first major outing since the terrible local Election Results just a couple of weeks ago. In that sense, trying to use this again to canterbury the tone. Labour, as you say, are out around the country trying to talk about the impact that their new mayor that won in the local elections could have and damage under a labour government. Their response to the speech so far before the speech is to say the conservatives cant fix the country because they are the problem. As the Prime Minister rishi sunak has the Pr