Lives in service of all who took pa rt lives in service of all who took part in the operations in iraq and afghanistan. And the queen unveils a memorial dedicated to those who served in conflicts in iraq, afghanistan, and in the gulf war. And the queen unveils a memorial dedicated to those who served and coming up in the sport on bbc news. England and scotland name their teams for saturdays calcutta cup match in the six nations, with Billy Vunipola on the bench for eddiejones side at twickenham. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The chancellor Philip Hammond has defended his plan to raise National Insurance contributions for the Self Employed, saying the Government Faces new challenges. Mr hammond is facing criticism of the Budget Announcement for apparently going against a 2015 manifesto pledge on tax rises. The change, due to come in next year, will mean 1. 6 million Self Employed people paying on average £240 more every year. Labour has accused the government of br
And service of all who took part in operations in iraq and afghanistan. The queen unveils a memorial in london to Service Personnel and civilians who served and worked in iraq and afghanistan. The ceremony in Victoria Embankment Gardens was followed a service for 2,500 veterans on horse guards parade. Welcome. The chancellor Philip Hammond has defended his plan to raise National Insurance contributions for Self Employed people, saying the Government Faces new challenges. Mr hammond is facing criticism, including from his own backbenches, for apparently going back on a 2015 Manifesto Pledge not to raise tax or National Insurance. The change, due to come in next year, will mean 1. 6 million Self Employed people paying, on average, an extra £240 a year. Labour has accused the government of breaking its promise. Heres our Political Correspondent eleanor garnier. Voiceover learning to solve technical problems at a college in dudley in the West Midlands this morning. And after yesterdays bu
The eu with no deal in place. Now on bbc news all the latest Business News live from singapore. With the president forced out of office, what challenges lie ahead for the south korean economy . And how the secrets of how to succeed in business could lie in a bit of horseplay. Hello and welcome to this monday edition of Asia Business report, im sharanjit leyl. Edition of Asia Business report, im shara njit leyl. Within edition of Asia Business report, im sharanjit leyl. Within the next two months south korea will have a new president and that president will have a raft of economic challenges to deal with, the worsening of relations with china over a Missile Defence system is a big worry and what will candidates for the top job have to say about giant conglomerates like samsung, so tied up conglomerates like samsung, so tied up in the Corruption Scandal that brought down Park Geun Hye . The disgraced leader left the president ial house on sunday, two days after a Court Dismissed her of a
Like the visitors might win the game. But an Alex Bergantinos header sealed depors win. The victory takes them up to 15th in the league. Heres how it looks at the top of the table. Real madrid lead the way with 62 points, two clear of barcelona. Zinedine zidanes team also have a game in hand. Sevilla stay third but have dropped points after two consecutive draws. In the english Premier League, liverpool had to come from behind to beat burnley 2 1 at anfield. The victory means liverpool consolidate fourth place in the table, five clear of arsenal in fifth. Ashley barnes scored in the seventh minute but Georginio Wijnaldum equalised just before half time with emre can grabbing the winner just after the hour mark. Leicester city have confirmed Craig Shakespeare will be their manager until the end of the season. The premier League Champions sacked Claudio Ranieri a fortnight ago when they were 17th in the table. Since then shakespeare has led them to wins over liverpool and hull city as Ca
48 teams 16. Asia get eight, africa get nine. All in all that is 46 places amongst the confederations, and the last two places will be decided by a play off tournament, to be decided amongst six teams. That will take place potentially in the november pre seeding the tournament year, fifa saying it could be a test event, that could be the death knell, then, perhaps, for the confederations cup. But fifa making clear that this is exactly how it wants to see the 2026 world cup divided amongst the confederations. It will now go forward to ratification in may. That would seem to be a formality, and for fifa this is the final step that has taken towards that expanded, 48 tea m has taken towards that expanded, 48 team world cup, from 2026. On their debut in the competition, manchester citys women have made it into the last four of the uefa champions league. Lucy bronze scored the only goal in thursdays second leg, to seal a 2 0 Aggregate Win over danish side fortuna hjorring, and they go on to