Out north sea energy. Its also providing up to £20 billion for Carbon Capture projects, including the first in scotland, . Which the government says will . Create 20,000 newjobs. 2050, when we are at net zero, it is forecast that around a quarter of our energy needs will still come from oil and gas. Thats why technologies like Carbon Capture and storage are important. But what is important then as we get that oil and gas in the best possible way and that means getting it from here at home. The British Government insists todays announcements are entirely consistent with its commitment to reach net zero by 2050 which is set down in law. But the Prime Minister . Stands accused . Of watering down the governments . Targets. Miles behind in the polls he clearly sees an opportunity to take the fight to keir starmer. Labour say they wont grant any new Drilling Licenses if they . Win . The next election. The labour mayor in . London is imposing new costs . On the . Drivers of polluting vehicle
in the uk are at an all time high as country. its lowest ever now we have the round up of the business news and one of those headline stories you are concentrating on. welcome to the programme. yes, on course for stronger than expected recovery. that is the assessment from the international monetary fund on the state of the global economy in its latest world economic outlook update. the imf predicts that global growth of 3.1% this year and slightly higher growth in 2025. it also says that inflation is declining faster than expected because many supply chain problems caused by the pandemic have now been resolved. the imf has, however, issued a warning to the uk government not to cut taxes any further and suggested that treasury percent planned spending cuts for this year were unrealistic. earlier i spoke to the imf s chief economist and i asked him what his concerns were over the uk cutting those taxes. ~ , ., taxes. well, first, for the uk, we are seeing taxes. well, first,
not to bring ukraine into the nato family now at this moment in the middle of the war. ukraine now promises it will not use the american supplied cluster munitions in russia. it comes as the controversial weapons divided congress. they want these as self-defense to use against russians in their own country of ukraine. i don t see anything wrong with the, these weapons would be a game-changer. cluster bombs should never be used. that is crossing a line. we would risk losing our moral leadership. also new today, treasury secretary janet yellen returns from china after a weekend of high stakes meetings. the secretary is optimistic progress is being made to shore up tense relations. i had a very construct a visit. i received a warm welcome and had a very substantial series of meetings. an objective of my trip was to explain the national security is something that we can t compromise on and we will protect. capitol hill is bracing for a potential far-right feud as marj
welcome to bbc news. let s turn to our main headlines here. french farmers continue their protest for the dozens of roads blocked around paris and other major cities. we will talk live to our correspondence was there in paris for us. concerns of corruption in the uk are at an all time high as the country. its lowest ever position on a key global index and pakistan s former prime minister sentenced to ten years in prison for leaking state secrets. more on all of that here in a moment or two but first let s head to the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. the barcelona coach says he feels liberated now he has announced his decision to step down at the end of the football season. slipped 11 points by the leaders and they conceded twice in injury time to lose 5 3 at home on saturday. both team and the manager leaving liverpool have spoken about the pressure of the dream job. the? liverpool have spoken about the pressure of the dream job. pressure of the dream “ob. they make ou fe
species. he said it made his heart skip a beat. that s love. time for anderson. tonight on 360, new cnn polling which shows which republican polling does better against president biden. why she likely won t face him. and what voters make of their choices. also, the mother of a school shooter on trial for involuntary manslaughter takes the stand. what she said today in defense of her parenting. later, just in time for our election, cnn brings us the story of a recent election elsewhere which was touched by ai deep fake technology, and the candidate is warning us to brace for impact here. good evening, everyone. john berman in for anderson. we begin with fresh evidence for anyone who believes for better or worse that the republican party is not on its way to nominating the strongest candidate against president biden. new cnn polling as with all polling is just a snap shot. it does follow a trend. in it, president biden trails donald trump by 4 points. which is just outsid