mr sunak said his working assumption is that a poll will be held in the second half of 202a. labour say he s delaying a vote because the tories are unpopular. here s mr sunak earlier. my working assumption is we will have a general election in the second half of this year, and in the meantime i have got lots that i want to get on with. this saturday, we will be introducing a significant tax cut for millions of people in work, worth on average £450 for an average worker, because we have halved inflation and we want to keep managing the economy well and cutting people s taxes. and i also want to keep tackling illegal migration. we cut the number of arrivals last year by over a third, but we have got more to do and we plan to get the rwanda scheme through parliament and up and running. so i have got plenty to get on with and that is what i am focusing on doing, delivering for the british people and it is great to be talking to people here in the east midlands about our progress
including pensions according to the think tank, the high pay centre. that s equivalent to wait for it £1,170 an hour 109 times the average worker whose median annual salary isjust under £35,000. chris roebuck is a global leadership expert who has worked in major organisations assessing senior leaders performance. i asked him if these huge payouts are justified. we will come back to that in a moment. but essentially he told me a little bit more about the talent poaching that the city had to be careful of unless they paid the ceos competitive salaries. this is what he told me. well, i think you need to ask the question. lobbyists are saying, yes, they are justified because we need to attract the best ceos to the uk or to keep them here. but, actually, this is not consistent across the world. if you look at some of the data on that ratio. if you say, if we re at 200, the us is at 270, but funnily enough german is only at 136, so the ratio of germany ceo play to empl
this is bbc news. the headlines. more than 100 people die in iran in two explosions near the grave of a top revolutionary guards commander. warnings of higher prices and a delay on goods as commercial ships avoid the red sea because of rebel attacks. on verified today, we have been investigating one hospital under attack in gaza in a series of health facilities which have been affected by the war. and this history making teenager is on target for further glory. 16 year old luke littler could tonight become the youngest player to win the world darts championship. returning to events in the red sea. the governments of the uk, the us and ten other countries have released a joint statement warning yemen s houthi rebels that they will bear the responsibility of the consequences if they continue to attack ships travelling through the red sea. the governments warn that the attacks are a direct threat to the freedom of navigation that serves as the bedrock of global trade and
goalless at half time at the london stadium. a win for brayton could see them move into sixth place and they would leap frog the hosts in the process. staying with football, staying with english robot because wayne rooney us says he does not believe 13 weeks was sufficient to oversee changes at birmingham city. following his sacking by the championship club earlier on tuesday. he has been dismissed after just 15 games in charge following a dismal run of four. birmingham in the top six when he took over, but after just two wins the top six when he took over, but afterjust two wins come the club are now down in 20th place with just six points clear of the relegation zone. in a statement. he admits that results had not been at the level he wanted to be. the january transfer window may have only recently open, manchester united looked busy already after donny van de beekjoined eintracht frankfurt on loan, another of their players could be heading to germany. sancho being linked w
found the government agencies have been a high alert, since the incident hurried more now we go to fox news national security correspondent jennifer griffin and jennifer, tell us what we should know. well try, and it was a dramatic afternoon here in washington dc the president was gulping out of enders air force base when two f-16s, they took off from the air national guard. jennifer: there was that cessna citation, that you mentioned that was flying in a seem to be on autopilot, heading towards the capitol. the f-16s, they product caught up with that cessna, the pilot was unresponsive in a fired players to try to get his attention. in a click of the plane went down in the mountains in southern virginia and we did learn that two other f-16s from new jersey near atlantic city also worked scramble to come of these are protocols put in place for 911. and the president made way back to the white house, about 40 minutes after the plane crash in southern virginia and the capitol