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
Standing up for young people and the environment, but theyre standing aside in more seats than theyre likely to win in the hope that it will help labour and the liberal democrats. Pushing for a Progressive Alliance with other parties on the left has led to criticism theyll end up in a coalition of chaos. They want to transform politics. To do that, they first need to get located. Elinor garnier, bbc news. Sinn fein has launched its general election manifesto, which is calling for a referendum on whether Northern Ireland should leave the uk and become part of the irish republic. The party wants the vote to be held within five years. Sinn feins leader in Northern Ireland, michelle oneill, said the only way of securing a future in the European Union was to end partition with the republic. So this is very much an opportunity to tell both the tories and the dup, again, in the strongest possible terms that we reject brexit, that we reject any border, that we reject any attempt to put limits
Our social care policy remain the same. And in sport we will be looking across a number of the big football leagues, with winners in italy, england, scotland and spain. So, its just over two weeks until election day here in the uk. And in the build up to june election day here in the uk. And in the build up tojune eight, andrew neil is interviewing each party leader, five interviews across the week. Today he spoke to Prime Minister team may. She has had a challenging day. Theresa may. She had to add a cap to the amount of money one individual could be asked to pay. There has been sharp criticism from some quarters. Here is some of theresa mays interview with andrew neil. Andrew, we have not rewritten the manifesto. This must be the first time in modern history that a party has broken a Manifesto Promise before the election i set out in my ma nifesto the election i set out in my manifesto the challenges that we need to address as a government. And ive been very clear with people. There
Our social care policy remain the same. And in sport we will be looking across a number of the big football leagues, with winners in italy, england, scotland and spain. So, its just over two weeks until election day here in the uk. And in the build up to june election day here in the uk. And in the build up tojune eight, andrew neil is interviewing each party leader, five interviews across the week. Today he spoke to Prime Minister team may. She has had a challenging day. Theresa may. She had to add a cap to the amount of money one individual could be asked to pay. There has been sharp criticism from some quarters. Here is some of theresa mays interview with andrew neil. Andrew, we have not rewritten the manifesto. This must be the first time in modern history that a party has broken a Manifesto Promise before the election i set out in my ma nifesto the election i set out in my manifesto the challenges that we need to address as a government. And ive been very clear with people. There
Standing up for young people and the environment, but theyre standing aside in more seats than theyre likely to win in the hope that it will help labour and the liberal democrats. Pushing for a Progressive Alliance with other parties on the left has led to criticism theyll end up in a coalition of chaos. They want to transform politics. To do that, they first need to get located. Elinor garnier, bbc news. Sinn fein has launched its general election manifesto, which is calling for a referendum on whether Northern Ireland should leave the uk and become part of the irish republic. The party wants the vote to be held within five years. Sinn feins leader in Northern Ireland, michelle oneill, said the only way of securing a future in the European Union was to end partition with the republic. So this is very much an opportunity to tell both the tories and the dup, again, in the strongest possible terms that we reject brexit, that we reject any border, that we reject any attempt to put limits