the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, is pledging to invest more than seven billion pounds, to try to unlock further funding from the private sector. meanwhile, the conservatives say labour s policy of banning new licences for oil and gas in the north sea will cost billions in lost tax. labour says its plans to close loopholes in the windfall tax on energy companies, that it says will raise llions. in about an hour, reform uk will release its election manifesto which the party is calling a contract with voters. we ll have more on that in a moment. the liberal democrats are having a day at the beach. while calling for an expansion of fuel duty relief for rural motorists. leader sir ed davey visited a south devon beach taking off his shoes and socks and building sand castles with children and their parents. as we said, nigel farage will launch reform uk s election manifesto in the next hour which the party is calling a contract with voters. reform is promising a freez
including the stunning win over ukraine in munich. good evening. we start the programme with a bbc investigation that has uncovered shocking claims that the greek coastguard has caused the deaths of dozens of migrants in the mediterranean over a three year period including nine people who were deliberately thrown into the water. more than a0 people are alleged to have died as a result of being forced out of greek territorial waters, or taken back out to sea after reaching greek islands. with more on this, here s paul adams. for more than ten years, migrants escaping war, persecution or poverty have used a number of routes to reach europe. some travel from north africa to italy. others cross from turkey to the nearby greek islands. for many greece is seen as the best way into europe. last year, just over 41,000 people arrived using that route. human rights groups say thousands of people seeking asylum have been forced back, illegally, from greece to turkey. denied the right
in singapore, and eight in the morning in north korea where russia s president, vladimir putin, is expected to arrive in the coming hours, for a two day state visit. the visit has been announced on north korean state television though no other details were given. it will, however, be the first visit by mr putin to his country s eastern neighbour in 2a years. satellite images of pyongyang s airport and main square indicate signs of preparations for mr putin s visit including the sort of construction set up that is usually used for parades. russia s state news agency tass said president putin is travelling to the country on a friendly state visit on the invitation of north korean leader kim jong un. the leaders last met in the russian city of vladivostok last september with mr kim travelling there on his private train. the us will be watching the visit very closely. what we are concerned about is the deepening relationship between these two countries. notjust because
and stay with us here on bbc news for continuing coverage and analysis from our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world. good evening from carmarthen. more than half way through this general election campaign, we re in wales tonight, looking at the political landscape of the nation and how it may change after polling day. we ve been also been asking you to get in touch and tell us about the issues you want the bbc to cover through your voice, your vote. we ll be hearing about green energy and the possible impact of its infrastructure on this beautiful landscape. we ll have more on that in a few minutes but first, reform uk launched its manifesto today, or contract, as the party calls it. the launch took place by chance in south wales. as well as policies on immigration, nigel farage outlined pledges on tax and the nhs. with more details, here s our political correspondent alex forsyth. there was something of a stir outside this community club in merthyr tydfil
nigel farage says he want to be a candidate for prime minister in five years time. right now, his party is promising to cut the nhs england waiting list to zero in two years. how is that possible? and the two child benefit cap which both the conservatives and labour will keep will plunge half a million more children into relative poverty ,according to new figures., according to new figures. welcome to newsnight, where we bring you interviews and election insight live every weeknight. our political panel tonight is conservative peer lord ed vaizey. and the boss of electricity company ecotricity, dale vince, who will support labour at this election. he s donated money to labour, the greens and lib dems in the past. we ll hearfrom them in a moment. first, nick, take ouraudience through what mr farage was promising today and why merthyr tydfil? as you say the key word is contract, nigel farage says it is not a manifesto, because he says manifestos are associated with the est