parties are gathering for a special live bbc scotland debate. we ll be hearing from john swinney, the smp, douglas ross for the scottish conservatives, anas sarwar in scottish labour, let s listen in. one general election that could change the country, welcome to a special edition of debate night. live from glasgow, welcome to debate night with scotland s political party leaders. this evening they will go head to head in front of an audience comprised of people with different voting intentions, some of them still undecided. joining us this evening we. anas sarwar, leader of scottish labour. lorna slater, co leader of the scottish greens. douglas ross, leader of the scottish conservatives. and finally, from the scottish liberal democrats, leader alex cole hamilton. please welcome them to this special live edition of debate night. applause we are live on tv, radio and the iplayer, and you canjoin in the debate on social media wherever you are. the hashtag is bbcdn. so what are
president biden s son hunter is found guilty by a court in the us of lying about his drug use when buying a gun in 2018. hunter biden was addicted to crack cocaine when he purchased that revolver and today is the first child of a sitting president to be convicted of a crime. england limber up in germany, ahead of the start of their euros campaign. 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. the big challenge for a conservative party trailing badly in the polls is how to persuade voters to give them another five years in power today we got their answer, as they put tax cuts at the heart of their manifesto. among the policies announced was a 2p cut in national insurance, and scrapping the main rate of national insurance for the self employed. they pledged a new help to buy scheme and that they d abolish stamp duty for first time buyers on properties up to £425,000. in a m
Its newsday. Its 6am in singapore, pm in london and 6 30am in pyongyang, where north korea has said tough new un sanctions will not stop it from developing its Nuclear Arsenal after it angrily rejected proposals for negotiations. The sanctions aim to reduce vital north korean export revenues bya third. Speaking to reporters at a summit in manila, a spokesman placed the blame for rising tensions firmly on the us. Translation is our nuclear possession a threat to the world or just a threat to the United States . We wa nt just a threat to the United States . We want to make it clear that the worsening situation on the Korean Peninsular as well as other Nuclear Issues were caused by the United States. We re issues were caused by the United States. Were firm that well never place our nuclear and Ballistic Missile programme on the Negotiating Table and wont budge an inch on strengthening our nuclear armaments. Since north koreas last missile test, the United States has been Flying Spy Missio
Edition of hardtalk. I am Stephen Sackur and today i am joined by an audience here at the Bbc Radio Theatre to celebrate 20 years of hardtalk interviews. Who better to have on our birthday than sir ian mckellen . Whether you think of him as richard iii or gandalf, he has won hearts and accolades around the world. Not just for decades of work on screen but his passion of public campaigning, particularly on the issue of gay rights. Please give a warm welcome to ian mckellen. That was quite a welcome. Ian mckellen, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Theres a lot to talk about both personal and in terms of yourcampaigning. But there are very few actors with the diversity you have offered your audiences, from the great shakespearean roles to Comic Book Characters in x men. Is there a Common Thread through everything you have done . The Common Thread is there is no Common Thread. There is a variety. What i always admired in my youth was people playing different sorts of parts in different envir