Future. President trump prays at the western wall on a visit to israel and talks to both israeli and palestinian leaders. And the diamond that turned out to bea and the diamond that turned out to be a cut above the rest, bought the £10 ina be a cut above the rest, bought the £10 in a car boot sale it will go under the hammer the £350,000. Its five oclock. Our main story the conservatives have performed a rapid climb down over their central manifesto pledge on social care. Theresa may, in a Campaign Speech in wrexham, said their plans include a consultation on a cap or in her words an absolute limit on the money people will need to pay. Its unclear what that cap will be. The conservatives had proposed that those needing care would have to meet the costs by forfeiting all but the last 100,000 pounds of their assets , including the value of their property. Our Political Correspondent chris mason reports. Huge bills and a big question. Who should pick up the tab, and when, for our care
Concern maybe younger people who are concerned. Maybe, authority would expect it would be the older people who would be more concerned. But it is one explanation as to why the tory poll lead is narrowing quite substantially, although it still suggests that Theresa May Is En Route for a fairly large overall majority. But it does not look quite as secure as majority. But it does not look quite as secure as it looked a fortnight ago. It does not. Lets leave it there for now. You will be back later. Dont forget all the front pages are online on the bbc news website, where you can read a detailed review of the papers. Its all there for you seven days a week at bbc. Co. Uk papers, and you can see us there too, with each nights edition of the papers being posted on the page shortly after weve finished. Ruthis ruth is so polite, always saying, may i say you may now its time for meet the author. This week on meet the Authorjim Naughtie talks to ann patchett about her new novel commonwealth. Ann
Concern maybe younger people who are concerned. Maybe, authority would expect it would be the older people who would be more concerned. But it is one explanation as to why the tory poll lead is narrowing quite substantially, although it still suggests that Theresa May Is En Route for a fairly large overall majority. But it does not look quite as secure as majority. But it does not look quite as secure as it looked a fortnight ago. It does not. Lets leave it there for now. You will be back later. Dont forget all the front pages are online on the bbc news website, where you can read a detailed review of the papers. Its all there for you seven days a week at bbc. Co. Uk papers, and you can see us there too, with each nights edition of the papers being posted on the page shortly after weve finished. Ruthis ruth is so polite, always saying, may i say you may now its time for meet the author. This week on meet the Authorjim Naughtie talks to ann patchett about her new novel commonwealth. Ann
Im not happy with the choices we have for next prime minister. Theresa may is not prepared to stand oii theresa may is not prepared to stand ona theresa may is not prepared to stand on a platform and take questions from her peers and the audience, then she doesnt deserve our votes. Lam voting then she doesnt deserve our votes. I am voting snp. And of course you can get in touch wherever you are heres mr dunstable. You can email victoria bbc. Co. Uk, text 61124, hashtag victorialive on twitter, or search Victoria Derbyshire on facebook. Hello. Welcome to the programme. Were live until am this morning with an audience of 120 people, and live on stage at the grove theatre. Here to tell our assembled group of politicians exactly what they think about key issues like the nhs, brexit, the economy, housing and security. There is so much to talk about this morning, not enough time so lets crack on with the news. Joanna is here with a summary of the mornings news. Police say theyve arrested a 2
It is sam is tuesday the greatest newsday. It is 8am in singapore and iam in london. Marawi has been under siege for nearly a week by islamist militants. On monday, the government has said it made decisive progress to retake the city but at least 100 civilians have been killed and 2000 people may still be trapped in militant held areas. Our correspondent has more. We do not know how long it will take. They have been hard to evict from the city. I do not think anyone can put a timeline on it. They can 110w can put a timeline on it. They can now control people going in and out of the city. Once this is over, people will want to know how many of the group that got involved in the attack, this hardline militant group, how many of them managed to escape and once that is done, there are bigger question is that the philippines government have tienza and one is how this terrible battle which has caused so much damage was allowed to take place. It was supposed to be a routine operation to detai