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Seeking to score points. Take a listen to qatars Prime Minister. Translation unfortunately, i mean, we have seen that there has been an abuse of this mediation in favour of narrow political interests. This means that the state of qatar has called for a comprehensive evaluation of its role. We are now at the stage to evaluate mediation and also evaluate how the parties engage in this mediation. European Union Leaders have agreed to tighten sanctions on iranian producers of drones and missiles in the wake of tehrans unprecedented attack on israel on saturday night. The president of the European Council says its important to do everything to isolate iran. Tensions in the region remain high with israels Prime Minister insisting his country will make its own decisions about how to respond to irans drone and missile attack. Israels western allies fear striking back against iran could trigger a broader war. For more on the role of qatar, i spoke to our middle east correspondent. Spoke to our
challenges for customers to earn bonus points could be pushing people to spend more than they can afford. that s the warning from consumer groups. i ll be taking a look. in sport it s the start of a new adventure for emma hayes. we hear how she s settling in to her new manager role in the united states as she prepares to lead them into the olympics this summer. to lead them into the quite to lead them into the a cloudy start this morning. some quite a cloudy start this morning. some outbreaks of rain out there, but things should brighten up. a bit of sunshine developing in the afternoon. all of the details shortly. it s thursday 30th may. our main story. the conservatives and labour have both ruled out increasing vat if they are elected in five weeks time. the promises have raised questions about how the parties will fund their spending plans, and deliver on their commitments if they win the elction. our political correspondent damian grammaticas has this report. midnight