women around the world gather to mark international women s day, a global event to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. good evening. the duke and duchess of sussex have made damaging and shocking claims about life in the royal family as they opened up to oprah winfrey in a wide ranging interview. meghan says she felt so lonely and unsupported that at one point she contemplated taking her own life. and she made an allegation of racism she said an unnamed member of the royalfamily had questioned what colour her unborn baby s skin would be. for his part, prince harry spoke candidly of the deep divisions in his family and said he felt very let down by prince charles. here s our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. whatever the palace expected, the reality was worse with meghan describing uncaring attitudes and a racist remark from a member of the royal family. it almost broke her. were you thinking of harming yourself, having s
Well hear from teachers who say parents have made their lives a misery. Hello and welcome to the programme. Were live until 11am. Throughout the programme well bring you the latest Breaking News and developing stories and, as always, keen to hear from you. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning. Our top story today. Labour has promised to increase pay for nhs staff and scrap tuition fees for Student Nurses if it wins the General Election. The party says it will abolish the current cap for staff in england which limits pay increases to 1 . Labour said the policies would help Address Staffing Shortages in england that had become a threat to patients. Our political guru norman smith is in westminster for us now. Hi norman, good morning. So, how much will this pay rise be for nhs staff . Well, labour are saying they wa nt staff . Well, labour are saying they want people in the nhs to get a pay rise in line with the cost of living. So that means going up, i guess
British scientists develop a blood test, which can detect the return of lung cancer, before it shows on conventional scans. And, the concert hall in bristol, soon to be renamed, because of associations with the slave trade. And coming up in Sportsday On Bbc News tottenham needed a win tonight at Crystal Palace to reduce chelseas lead at the top of the Premier League to four points find out how they got on at selhurst park. Good evening. All members of the us senate, have been at the white house this evening, to be briefed on the deepening crisis, involving north korea. The americans have started installing an anti Missile Defence system, in neighbouring south korea, in response to the Weapons Programmes being developed by the north. China has accused The Americans of destabilising the entire region. But the Us State Department said tonight it was still open to negotiations to try to resolve the crisis, as our North America Editorjon Sopel reports. This isnt for real but it looks terrif
An administrative error. Now on bbc news, all the latest Business News live from singapore. Us markets deliver a Cool Reception to president trumps plan to slash Corporate Tax rates. And living a samsung life. Why south koreas Corporate Giants are so big youd struggle to live without them. Good morning, asia. Hello, world. Glad you could join us for this thursday edition of Asia Business report, im rico hizon. Donald trump is hours away from completing his first 100 days in office, a milestone where the Chief Executive is graded on his progress in office and before the clock ticks down, following through on a Major Campaign promise with a proposal to drastically cut the business tax from 35 to 15 . Well, it is now clear how the white house plans to pay for the cuts which could add some 2 trillion to the National Deficit over the next decade. But the us Treasury Secretary says Economic Growth is both the goal and the solution. We believe we can get back to 3 or higher gdp that is sustai
Bill cosby denies the charges against him. The conservatives have been warned that their chaltion to the social care in england could fail because of variations in how some councils administer the payments. Well bring you all the details. Hello and welcome to the programme. Were live until iiam. Throughout the morning well bring you the latest Breaking News and developing stories. The green party launch their General Election manifesto at around 10. 30am. Well bring that to you live and well look at how internal facebook documents appear to show that in some cases its moderators tolerates violent threats, bullying and self harm. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning. Use the Hashtag Victoria Live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Labour is promising english students who Start University courses in england this autumn wont have to pay tuition fees if the party wins the election. Labour has pledged to abolish fees from 2018, b