there are warnings of a potential threat to life and property as super typhoon noru hits the philippines, with forecasted winds of up to 200 kilometres an hour. good afternoon. sir keir starmer has said a future labour government would reinstate the 45% top rate of income tax which the tories are abolishing but keep the 1p cut in basic rate income tax also announced by ministers. as the labour party conference got underway, sir keir said the party would take a very different approach to economic growth. he dismissed the government s strategy, announced on friday, of cutting taxes to make the uk more attractive to business and investors. here s our political correspondent, ben wright. for the first time in years, labour gathers for its conference believing power might be in sight. the party now confronts a new prime minister borrowing billions to cut taxes, in a dash for economic growth a strategy labour s leader slammed this morning as wrong headed . i see a very big p
hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: labour opens its annual conference as its leader, sir keir starmer, prepares to set out the dividing lines between his party and the new conservative government. he tells the bbc he would reverse the government s cut to the top income tax rate. the head of the rmt union describes talks with the new transport secretary as a good start the next strike is planned for the first of october. voting is under way in italy s general election, which polls suggest may result in the country s most right wing government since the second world war. the iranian president threatens decisive action to stop the wave of anti government protests sweeping the country. in a moment sportsday, but first it s click. it s big, brash, bright, bold really big! and it s back. did i mention it s big? set in the heart of berlin, ifa is europe s largest tech expo and for the first time in such a long time, i got to come back to the coolest city in the world to
across the uk bringing colder air all the way from iceland, a mixture of sunshine and showers, pushed in on those very brisk winds, particularly frequent showers, northern scotland down those north sea coasts, but some further west as well. the winds are going to be very strong and gusty, perhaps touching gale force in northern scotland, temperatures struggling to make double figures, 16 in the far south, but everywhere feeling colder in the strong wind. hello, this is bbc news with ben boulos. the headlines. labour opens its annual conference as its leader, sir keir starmer, prepares to set out the dividing lines between his party and the new conservative government. he tells the bbc he would reverse the government s cut to the top income tax rate. the head of the rmt union describes talks with the new transport secretary as a good start . the next strike is planned for the 1st of october. voting is under way in italy s general election, which polls suggest may result in th
the ukrainian first lady, waters said extreme nationalists have set their country on the path to a disastrous war. now on bbc news, our world. stephen mcdonell travels across china and meets people struggling to stay afloat, with their country showing no signs of abandoning zero covid policy. when it comes to the fight against the coronavirus, one country stands alone. elsewhere, vaccines have meant learning to live with the virus. not in china. no income. this is my lowest point and, you know, as a man i can t do anything. each outbreak is still being met with strict measures to return an area to no new infections. it has held back the death rates and stopped hospitals from being swamped. but it s also exhausting the population and hammering the economy. with no clear exit strategy, how long can china keep this up? this is the outskirts of beijing, and when you cross that river you are actually crossing into neighbouring hubei province and the town of yanzhou. now, yanzhou
the iranian president threatens decisive action to stop the wave of anti government protests sweeping the country. and two months ahead of the men s football world cup in qatar concerns that there may not be enough affordable accommodation for fans. sir keir starmer has said a future labour government would reinstate the 45% top rate of tax which the government has announced it is cutting but that they would keep the one pence cut in basic rate tax also announced by the chancellor. as the labour party conference got underway, sir keir said the party would take a very different approach to economic growth, partly by promoting green energy. he dismissed the government s strategy announced on friday of cutting taxes to make the uk more attractive to business and investors. here s our political correspondent, ben wright. for the first time in years, labour gathers for its conference believing power might be in sight. the party now confronts a new prime minister borrow