massive majority actually is not great for democracy, _ massive majority actually is not great for democracy, which - massive majority actually is not great for democracy, which is l massive majority actually is notl great for democracy, which is an even _ great for democracy, which is an even stronger— great for democracy, which is an even stronger argument- great for democracy, which is an even stronger argument for- great for democracy, which is an . even stronger argument for having some _ even stronger argument for having some greens — even stronger argument for having some greens who— even stronger argument for having some greens who will— even stronger argument for having some greens who will hold - even stronger argument for having some greens who will hold them l even stronger argument for having | some greens who will hold them to account, _ some greens who will hold them to account, to — some greens who will hold them to account, to ask— some greens who will hold them to account, to ask the _ some greens who will hold them to account, to ask the difficult - account, to ask the difficult questions. _ account, to ask the difficult questions, to— account, to ask the difficult questions, to push- account, to ask the difficult questions, to push keir- account, to ask the difficult - questions, to push keir starmer frankly— questions, to push keir starmer frankly to — questions, to push keir starmer frankly to he _ questions, to push keir starmer frankly to he a _ questions, to push keir starmer frankly to be a bit _ questions, to push keir starmer frankly to be a bit braver- questions, to push keir starmer frankly to be a bit braver and i questions, to push keir starmer frankly to be a bit braver and a. questions, to push keir starmer. frankly to be a bit braver and a bit holder _ frankly to be a bit braver and a bit holder where _ frankly to be a bit braver and a bit bolder. where is— frankly to be a bit braver and a bit bolder. where is the _ frankly to be a bit braver and a bit bolder. where is the 28 _ frankly to be a bit braver and a bit bolder. where is the 28 billion - frankly to be a bit braver and a bitl bolder. where is the 28 billion that was sunposed _ bolder. where is the 28 billion that was sunposed to _ bolder. where is the 28 billion that was supposed to go _ bolder. where is the 28 billion that was supposed to go into _ bolder. where is the 28 billion that was supposed to go into the - bolder. where is the 28 billion that was supposed to go into the green| was supposed to go into the green economy, — was supposed to go into the green economy, why— was supposed to go into the green economy, why is _ was supposed to go into the green economy, why is he _ was supposed to go into the green economy, why is he not _ was supposed to go into the green economy, why is he not talking - was supposed to go into the green i economy, why is he not talking about wealth _ economy, why is he not talking about wealth taxes? — economy, why is he not talking about wealth taxes? [5 _ economy, why is he not talking about wealth taxes? [5 it— economy, why is he not talking about wealth taxes?— wealth taxes? is it a small ma'ority or a big majority i wealth taxes? is it a small ma'ority or a big majority that is i wealth taxes? is it a small majority or a big majority that is better - wealth taxes? is it a small majority or a big majority that is better for l or a big majority that is betterfor people? i or a big ma'ority that is better for --eole? ~ . or a big ma'ority that is better for neale? «' ., , ., people? i think we need a small ma'ori people? i think we need a small majority with — people? i think we need a small majority with the _ people? i think we need a small majority with the lib _ people? i think we need a small majority with the lib dems - people? i think we need a small. majority with the lib dems holding the balance — majority with the lib dems holding the balance of— majority with the lib dems holding the balance of power— majority with the lib dems holding the balance of power so _ majority with the lib dems holding the balance of power so we - majority with the lib dems holding the balance of power so we get- majority with the lib dems holdingl the balance of power so we get pr. christian— the balance of power so we get pr. christian has— the balance of power so we get pr. christian has very _ the balance of power so we get pr. christian has very serious _ the balance of power so we get pr. christian has very serious contactsl christian has very serious contacts in the conservative party talking about how it is fatal if they don't get young people out there to vote and also talking about may be the liberal democrats could end up as the official opposition. i put that prospect to a senior liberal democrat a few weeks ago and they said that is completely mad and that is not going to happen. i was talking to a veteran liberal democrat today about that and they were saying, we are now beginning to think about that scenario. this person has been to five constituencies that the lib dems are targeting. they spoke to three people prepared to vote conservative. paul scully is nodding at the idea of them being the official opposition. plat at the idea of them being the official opposition.— at the idea of them being the official opposition. not 'ust this election, official opposition. not 'ust this election. but official opposition. not 'ust this election, but the h official opposition. not 'ust this election, but the next _ official opposition. not just this election, but the next one - official opposition. not just thisj election, but the next one after that and — election, but the next one after that and after that. you're just putting — that and after that. you're just putting off another generation and another— putting off another generation and another generation. if you go for your— another generation. if you go for your core — another generation. if you go for your core vote, you will get the court _ your core vote, you will get the court result and that is not good enough — court result and that is not good enough for the long—term decisions. what _ enough for the long—term decisions. what you _ enough for the long—term decisions. what you see is the role of the greens when it comes to a labour government?— greens when it comes to a labour government? greens when it comes to a labour covernment? a, ~ ,., ., government? making them bolder and braver and better. _ government? making them bolder and braver and better. you _ government? making them bolder and braver and better. you are _ braver and better. you are backing labour? we _ braver and better. you are backing labour? we are _ braver and better. you are backing labour? we are and _ braver and better. you are backing labour? we are and they - braver and better. you are backing labour? we are and they need - braver and better. you are backing labour? we are and they need it, | labour? we are and they need it, frankl . labour? we are and they need it, franklv- thev _ labour? we are and they need it, frankly. they are _ labour? we are and they need it, frankly. they are being _ labour? we are and they need it, frankly. they are being so - labour? we are and they need it, i frankly. they are being so cowardly i’i l ht frankly. they are being so cowardly right now. — frankly. they are being so cowardly right now. this— frankly. they are being so cowardly right now, this is— frankly. they are being so cowardly right now, this is a _ frankly. they are being so cowardly right now, this is a moment - frankly. they are being so cowardly right now, this is a moment of- right now, this is a moment of massive — right now, this is a moment of massive climate, _ right now, this is a moment of massive climate, nature - right now, this is a moment of- massive climate, nature emergency and massive — massive climate, nature emergency and massive social— massive climate, nature emergency and massive social and _ massive climate, nature emergency and massive social and equality. - massive climate, nature emergency. and massive social and equality. why is the _ and massive social and equality. why is the lahour— and massive social and equality. why is the labour party— and massive social and equality. why is the labour party for— and massive social and equality. why is the labour party for example - and massive social and equality. why is the labour party for example not l is the labour party for example not saying _ is the labour party for example not saying they — is the labour party for example not saying they would _ is the labour party for example not saying they would reverse - is the labour party for example not saying they would reverse that - saying they would reverse that dreadful— saying they would reverse that dreadful two _ saying they would reverse that dreadful two child _ saying they would reverse that dreadful two child benefit - saying they would reverse that dreadful two child benefit capl saying they would reverse that - dreadful two child benefit cap which is trusting _ dreadful two child benefit cap which is trusting thousands _ dreadful two child benefit cap which is trusting thousands of _ is trusting thousands of young people — is trusting thousands of young people into _ is trusting thousands of young people into poverty? - is trusting thousands of young people into poverty? that's i is trusting thousands of young i people into poverty? that's why is trusting thousands of young - people into poverty? that's why the greens _ people into poverty? that's why the greens are — people into poverty? that's why the greens are there, _ people into poverty? that's why the greens are there, to _ people into poverty? that's why the greens are there, to hold _ people into poverty? that's why the greens are there, to hold labour. people into poverty? that's why the greens are there, to hold labour to| greens are there, to hold labour to account, _ greens are there, to hold labour to account, to — greens are there, to hold labour to account, to push _ greens are there, to hold labour to account, to push them _ greens are there, to hold labour to account, to push them to— greens are there, to hold labour to account, to push them to be - greens are there, to hold labour toi account, to push them to be bolder. and what— account, to push them to be bolder. and what are — account, to push them to be bolder. and what are you _ account, to push them to be bolder. and what are you going _ account, to push them to be bolder. and what are you going to _ account, to push them to be bolder. and what are you going to do - account, to push them to be bolder. and what are you going to do after? | and what are you going to do after? lie down in a dark room! no. i am going _ lie down in a dark room! no. i am going to _ lie down in a dark room! no. i am going to work _ lie down in a dark room! no. i am going to work on _ lie down in a dark room! no. i am going to work on climate - lie down in a dark room! no. i am going to work on climate and - lie down in a dark room! no. i am i going to work on climate and nature in some _ going to work on climate and nature in some way — going to work on climate and nature in some way at— going to work on climate and nature in some way. at the _ going to work on climate and nature in some way. at the moment, - going to work on climate and naturej in some way. at the moment, being the sole _ in some way. at the moment, being the sole green, _ in some way. at the moment, being the sole green, i_ in some way. at the moment, being the sole green, i am _ in some way. at the moment, being the sole green, i am the _ in some way. at the moment, being the sole green, i am the frontbenchj the sole green, i am the frontbench spokesperson — the sole green, i am the frontbench spokesperson on _ the sole green, i am the frontbench spokesperson on absolutely - spokesperson on absolutely everything. _ spokesperson on absolutely everything, which _ spokesperson on absolutely everything, which is - spokesperson on absolutely everything, which is quite . everything, which is quite exhausting _ everything, which is quite exhausting. climate - everything, which is quite exhausting. climate and i everything, which is quite - exhausting. climate and nature in a way yet _ exhausting. climate and nature in a way yet to— exhausting. climate and nature in a way yet to he — exhausting. climate and nature in a way yet to be determined. - exhausting. climate and nature in a way yet to be determined.- exhausting. climate and nature in a way yet to be determined. thank you all very much — way yet to be determined. thank you all very much indeed. _ i'm here again tomorrow. until then, goodnight. live from london. this is bbc news. rishi sunak admits to the bbc it's harder to have your own home under the conservatives — on the eve of the launch of their manifesto. meanwhile, the liberal democrats launch their manifesto, with bold promises around health and social care. the united nations security council votes in favour of an american resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. french political parties scramble after president macron calls a snap election in response to the far right�*s victory in european elections. as hospitals are payable for blood donors and declare a critical incident we explore how russian cyber criminals are deliberately focusing attacks on public services. tonight, rishi sunak admitted it is now harder for people to have their own home under a conservative government. in a bbc interview with nick robinson, he was also asked about leaving the d—day commemorations early and his party's tax plans. our political editor chris mason reports. one of the key things we want to do in this election is put your questions to those seeking your support. we are calling it your voice, your vote. you told us how much housing matters to you so we put that directly to the prime minister tonight. having your own home has got harder under the conservative _ government, hasn't it? it has got harder and i want to make sure that it is easier and what we will do is notjust build homes in the right places and do that in a way that is sensitive to local communities but make sure we support young people into greatjob so they can save for that deposit. the brutal truth is that a party that has been in power for ia years has a long track record to scrutinise but how different things may have been or could be in the future under any government is worth pondering as well. so on housing, why would it be any better under labour? it was a staggering admission from rishi sunak tonight that effectively so many young people are priced out of the housing market. the dream of home ownership is transformative or young people, it is why we have said we want to build more houses by reforming the planning rules which hold back house—building. these half—hour interviews with all the main party leaders offer the chance to explore plenty of topics, like the prime minister leaving the commemorations early. do you understand that for quite | a lot of people watching i think, | | they simply think the basic dutyj of the prime minister, the duty, was for you to be in that photograph and not david cameron? _ that is why i have apologised unreservedly for the mistake and i hope people can find it in their hearts to forgive me. my duty is altered to make sure this is a country which looks after our veterans which is why i'm proud there is a veterans minister sitting around the cabinet table. and what about the reform uk leader nigel nigel farage who manages to haunt, bamboozle and excite conservatives in equal measure? isn't your problem is that many conservatives think he is more i of a conservative than you are? at the end of the day onjuly five there is only going to be one person that is prime minister, and i'm answering your question, so the choice for everybody, there will only be one of two people as prime minister, keir starmer or myself, and a vote for anyone who is not a conservative candidate is making it more likely that keir starmer is that person. and so to the conservative manifesto, that the published bundle of promises coming in the morning. tomorrow you will- promise more tax cuts? we will have a manifesto tomorrow that builds on all of the things you have just gone through that we have announced in this campaign and yes, continues to cut people's taxes because i believe in a country where people's hard work is rewarded. he has to believe to hope as well that something will turn up for him politically and quickly. the polls are not budging for rishi sunak, his manifesto it might be one of his last chances to shift the dial. chris mason, bbc news. the average price paid by a first time buyer in the uk last year wasjust over quarter of a million pounds. that's up from £109,000 20 years earlier. the average age of a first time buyer in the uk is now 33. at the same time, private rental costs have gone up more than 9% in just the last year. so what are the wider issues in the housing sector and why aren't we building enough homes? here's our economics editor faisal islam. as the cost of living squeeze from energy and food costs starts to settle, there is no such luck with housing. mortgage and rental costs are still rising, the latter by record amounts. this is a long—term issue, basic supply and demand, as you can see at this new housing development in warwickshire. many of these new homes are going forjust over £300,000. that's bang on the average house price in this country. and we can see how that changed over the past three decades or so. no surprise to see that line going up and up. what has changed has been the relationship with affordability. back in the late �*90s, five years worth of annual average income was more than the average house price. now it's crossed over, and the gap is massive and looks very difficult to bridge. it's all about house—building. successive governments over the years, over decades, have made big promises on house—building, often not met. this is what's happened for england over the past ten years, broken down per three—month quarter. a similar pattern across the united kingdom. the conservatives made a promise in 2017, a manifesto commitment in 2019, to meet a target of 300,000 homes per year by the mid—2020s, so that's about 75,000 a quarter. it's only even nearly met a single quarter, and that's because of a rush on green targets, but it falls quite sharply in the second half of last year. now, the government argues it has met a separate, lower target of one million new homes in the past parliament, but we don't have the full figures for that yet. the labour party say it will continue that target for the next five years if it wins — 1.5 million new homes over that five—year period. the financial crisis, the pandemic, rising interest rates and inflation all can be blamed, but mass house—building has only historically been done when government funds it, and the parties seem to agree there isn't the money. in the �*60s, local authorities were building a lot of social housing, and that has died down in the �*90s. and without this push, we can never get enough new builds. and then there's planning. so planning permission has therefore been refused. up and down the country, in lengthy councillors' meetings just like these, now recorded on council websites... applause. ..there are the familiar sights and sounds of new homes not being built. planning permission refused repeatedly. the two main parties do differ here. labour says it's willing to build on specific areas of the green belt that are not so green they call the grey belt. ultimately, both for buying and renting, supply not responding to demand means higher housing costs, the most enduring aspect of the cost of living crisis. let's take a quick look at some of tomorrow's front pages. starting with the i — leading with the conservative's manifesto — its headline is �*sunak pins hopes on national insurance cut to rescue striken tory campaign'. the guardian also leads with the tory manifesto — reporting that the �*tory right plans to give sunak set of demands if manifesto falls flat�*. more on the manifesto on the front of the daily express which leads with the news that the prime minister will promise a 2% cut in national insurance. and on the front page of the times — �*tories offer lower taxes and help for homebuyers�*. let's get more on this with our political correspondent hannah miller. just miller. to go back to the interview that just to go back to the interview that rishi sunak did with nick robinson earlier. what his reaction been to that so far?— been to that so far? much of the reaction had _ been to that so far? much of the reaction had we _ been to that so far? much of the reaction had we have _ been to that so far? much of the reaction had we have come - been to that so far? much of the reaction had we have come fromj reaction had we have come from the labour party. they've been describing rishi sunak admission that having your own home has got harder under conservatives as a staggering admission. they are using it as an opportunity to point to the conservatives record in government, perhaps predictably and suggesting that they would do much better in their view if they were to get in. they are also pointing to the idea that rishi sunak talked about spending still going up despite all the tax cuts that he is promising and labours response to that is to say that the money simply isn't there. they argue that he doesn't have the money to do the things he is saying he will do. it was an interview that range across a number of different policy areas. and one where the prime minister certainly will hope that he has been able to demonstrate his knowledge of his policy areas. but the labeller party certainly are consistently trying to route this is rishi sunak talks about tax cuts the labour party want to talk about the conservative parties record in government. and how the debate continues to play out. in government. and how the debate continues to play out.— continues to play out. in the meantime — continues to play out. in the meantime the _ continues to play out. in the meantime the focus - continues to play out. in the meantime the focus is - continues to play out. in the meantime the focus is on i meantime the focus is on the manifesto in all the newspapers we start our going on thought. yes. manifesto in all the newspapers we start our going on thought. yes, the tax cuts to some _ start our going on thought. yes, the tax cuts to some extent _ start our going on thought. yes, the tax cuts to some extent have - start our going on thought. yes, the tax cuts to some extent have been l tax cuts to some extent have been rishi sunak st he calling card throughout this campaign. he's talked already about a guaranteed not to raise income tax, national insurance and vat, promising state pension will not be taxed. reforms to child benefit so that people where the household earns up to £120,000 they do not have to pay back any child benefit. those are things that have already been announced, things that we know will be coming in the manifesto tomorrow i think we can expect to see in the papers as well. there will be more around that kind of theme of tax cuts the question for the conservatives is how they managed to square that with public spending. they've talked about cutting down on welfare and what they say is raised within the benefit system, toughening things up they are. they talked about cracking down on tax avoidance. but they clearly think that because the labour party and said that they won't raise taxes but they haven't specifically said they will cut them, the conservatives think that going out in saying here are all the examples of things will be able to do to make you pay less in tax, they think that is an election winnerfor them in tax, they think that is an election winner for them for that labour have called it the most expensive panic attack in history tonight. we will have to wait and see tomorrow what else there is in the manifesto around difficult policy areas of the things like social care which have in the past been a challenge for governments of all colours to try to reform and shape in a way that works for the whole country. shape in a way that works for the whole country-— shape in a way that works for the whole country. anna miller, thank ou ve whole country. anna miller, thank you very much- — sir ed davey launched the liberal democrats election manifesto today, the first of the main parties to put their pledges on paper. he promised if the lib dems were elected that everyone in england would be entitled to free at—home personal care; the two child benefit cap would be lifted; and people in england would have the right to see a gp within seven days, or 2a hours if urgent. 0ur deputy political editor vicki young was at the manifesto launch. the ups and downs of being a lib dem leader. sir ed davey was once a cabinet minister, but plunging popularity after being in coalition with the tories left the lib dems in decline. now he's hoping to turn things around. his plan is to recruit more gps and increase wages for care workers — paid for by raising taxes on banks and social media companies. after years of conservative chaos and neglect, the scale of the challenge is enormous, so our manifesto doesn't shy away from that. we are putting forward a bold, ambitious, and fully costed plan to tackle the health and care crisis from top to bottom. this is a manifesto to save the nhs! grabbing attention by throwing yourself down water slides is one thing, but when things get serious after the election, what influence can the liberal democrats realistically expect to have on government policy? you can make a huge difference for your community, electing a local champion who's going to campaign for your community. what i'm so proud of in this manifesto — i think it's already influencing the debate in this election campaign. the lib dems eventually want to rejoin the eu single market, but they're not shouting loudly about that in their pursuit of tory votes. what we've seen here today is the liberal democrats' national message, but in reality, their campaign is heavily targeted — focusing on just a few dozen seats where the lib dems say they're the only ones that can beat the conservatives. come on, my sweetheart... come on, come on... the focus on caring is personal for the lib dem leader. in the party's election broadcast, he's seen with his disabled sonjohn. he's also spoken about looking after his mum, who died of cancer when he was 15. seeing life through the eyes of my son, i could not be more passionate and determined to sort out caring in this country. the lib dems have little chance of making their policies a reality, but they seem to be enjoying the ride. well, maybe not all of them. vicki young, bbc news, westminster. the labour party has given details of its childcare plan for england, pledging to create 100,000 additional childcare places and more than 3,000 new nurseries. it says it will achieve that by turning vacant classrooms in existing primary schools into "school—based nurseries". it says that will cost about £40,000 per classroom — which would be paid for via vat being levied on private schools. as any parent with young children will tell you, childcare and nursery places are really essential. they're so good for children in their development, making sure that when they arrive at primary school, they've got the skills that they need. really good for parents and carers, because they can get back into the labour market, so very good also for the economy. and our scheme is fully funded and fully costed, but also fully planned, so it will be wrapped around primary schools. the deputy first minister in scotland kate forbes has said that both a labour and conservative government at westminster would mean more cuts to public services. on a campaign visit to a sawmill in nairn, she said keir starmer�*s party would "persevere with tory austerity". only the snp, she insisted, would stand up for scotland and protect public services. douglas ross has announced he will resign as leader of the scottish conservatives after the election. he will also said he would resign as an msp if he is re—elected to westminster. mr ross said he originally thought he could continue to serve as an msp and mp as well as party leader, but said "on reflection, that is not feasible". now to new york, where the united nations security council has voted in favour of an american resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire by israel and hamas in gaza. fourteen countries voted in favour with russia abstaining. speaking after the vote, the us ambassador to the un, linda thomas—greenfield, said the fighting could end now if hamas accepted the three—phase plan. united states. i think it's no surprise that this resolution, the vote coincided with anthony blinken's trip to the region. and what we heard from the united states was that this was the best possible way to secure a durable end to the war, saying that it really is a deal. that was israel's initiative. it outlined three phases that they said would eventually lead to the complete withdrawal of israeli forces, the release of all hostages in exchange for palestinian prisoners, major reconstruction of gaza eventually. but i think from different members, you heard different positions. you know, while the united states says this resolution passing means that the international community is united and that this will help put pressure on hamas to accept the deal. you know, algeria said they still had some reservations about the text, but supported it because they felt it wanted to give diplomacy a chance, wanted to give a glimmer of hope to palestinians. but from russia and china, a lot more scepticism. you know, russia said it didn't want to block this resolution because the arab group of nations supported it, but it questioned whether israel had really accepted the deal as the resolution states. and they pointed to a number of statements by israeli officials, including prime minister benjamin netanyahu, that they will continue the war until hamas is defeated. china as well, questioned if parties will actually implement these three phases of presidentjoe biden's proposed deal and china noting that the other security council resolutions that have been passed weren't implemented, including a permanent cease fire, including getting more aid in at scale into gaza, questioning whether this will have a tangible impact on the ground. so i think it remains to be seen if this resolution will in fact, be different than the other ones. an initial post—mortem examination carried out on the body of dr michael mosley has concluded that he died of natural causes. the presenter�*s body was found in a rocky area of the greek island of symi yesterday —— four days after he went missing while there on holiday. 0ur correspondent joe inwood reports. health bosses have issued an urgent plea for 0 blood type donors after a cyber attack which affected several major hospitals in london last week. pathology firm synnovis was attacked, which has led to serious it issues and caused cancelled operations and tests. the disruption means hospitals can't match patients' blood at the same frequency as usual. let's speak to matthew scmidt an associate professor of national security and political science at the university of new haven. thank you for being with us. who do you think is behind this attack? do you think is behind this attack? do you think is behind this attack? do you think it is state actors? i do. you think it is state actors? i do. if ou you think it is state actors? i do. if you look _ you think it is state actors? i do. if you look at _ you think it is state actors? i do. if you look at the _ you think it is state actors? i do. if you look at the scale _ you think it is state actors? i do. if you look at the scale of - you think it is state actors? i do. if you look at the scale of the - if you look at the scale of the attack it doesn't seem to be what usually happens when people want money. these attacks are usually for one firm. say synovus and then asking for money. this seems more like a situation where synovus was a vector to the next target, which was the nhs. answer the next target after that, which is really the british public. and trying to push the politics of the situation in a direction that assured to leave fingerprints on russia, as far as i'm concerned. if fingerprints on russia, as far as i'm concerned.— i'm concerned. if this is russia what do you — i'm concerned. if this is russia what do you think _ i'm concerned. if this is russia what do you think about - i'm concerned. if this is russia what do you think about the i what do you think about the timing, do you think it's specifically an attack to do with the election or broader attack linked to other elements?— broader attack linked to other elements? ., , ,, , elements? two things, i think this is the kind of— elements? two things, i think this is the kind of cyber _ elements? two things, i think this is the kind of cyber weapon - elements? two things, i think this is the kind of cyber weapon that is | is the kind of cyber weapon that is been developing being held at the ready and you look at what the uk decision to allow its weapons to be used inside russia, i think that's the push to use it. i think the timing of election. if you look at what was just said a few moments ago in the newscast the nhs is eight major editorial issue. and highlighting its weakness and creating fear that something, so many people need, access to these services is that week. that's a way to discredit the government. i think very much that looks like the target is the public, to me. if it very much that looks like the target is the public, to me.— is the public, to me. if it does hiuuhliht is the public, to me. if it does highlight the _ is the public, to me. if it does highlight the vulnerabilities i is the public, to me. if it does| highlight the vulnerabilities of, what does uk need to do to protect itself in the future? this what does uk need to do to protect itself in the future?— itself in the future? this is the auestion itself in the future? this is the question that's _ itself in the future? this is the question that's been _ itself in the future? this is the question that's been with - itself in the future? this is the question that's been with us . itself in the future? this is the l question that's been with us for itself in the future? this is the i question that's been with us for a couple of decades now. part of reason that the west is at risk more than other places is because we don't like to tell private companies like synovus how to spend their money. so if they decide not to spend their money to stay up with cyber defence than that leaves the rest of the public at risk. the other problem is our societies are divided in different levels of government, federal and sub levels. where the cyber defence is on unit. if wells decides not to spend its money or unevenly enforced cyber defence that can be a threat to the rest of the uk but there's not a lot of political power to even this out because we're a democracy. we don't like to force different constituencies to do these things. who needs to take responsibility? you said it's designed to embarrass the government or put pressure on the government or put pressure on the government or put pressure on the government at the stage during an election. does there need to be some kind of military response given what you are saying is essentially in response to providing weapons to ukraine? the in response to providing weapons to ukraine? ., , , ., , ukraine? the military is doing this. gc hq and other— ukraine? the military is doing this. gc hq and other entities _ ukraine? the military is doing this. gc hq and other entities are - ukraine? the military is doing this. gc hq and other entities are trying | gc hq and other entities are trying to provide some level of federal or national defence. but it's just not possible in a private market to do that completely because of our belief in allowing firms to police themselves, to spend their own resources. this is really a political question. it's really a philosophical question that the west hasn't answered yet. it still doesn't believe that cyber weapons are like arms. we all understand that in the case of bombs the federal government should do whatever it has to to protect the country. we don't believe that with cyber weapons yet.— now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear. hello there. for most of us, it has been a disappointing start to the week in terms of the weather. a frequent rash of showers, particularly across scotland. gusts of winds coming from the north and in excess of 30 mile an hour at times. temperatures struggled to get into double figures, but it was a slightly different story further south and west. just look at anglesey, beautiful afternoon, lots of sunshine and temperatures peaked at around 18 or 19 degrees. high pressure is continuing to nudge its way in from the west. so west will be best through the course of tuesday. there's still likely to be a few showers around, but hopefully few and further between. most frequent showers certainly are going to be across eastern scotland and down through eastern england. so sunny spells and scattered showers going into the afternoon. that will have an impact with the temperature 1a or 15 degrees. but again, with a little more shelter, a little more sunshine, 17 or 18 celsius, not out of the question. a few scattered showers moving their way through northern ireland and scotland. hopefully some of these will ease through the afternoon, but you can see those temperatures still really struggling, ten to 15 degrees at the very best. now, as we move out of tuesday into wednesday, this little ridge of high pressure will continue to kill off the showers. so wednesday is likely to be the driest day of the week and make the most of it, there's more rain to come, but it will be a pretty chilly start once again to wednesday morning. single figures right across the country, low single figures in rural spots. but hopefully the showers should be a little bit few and further between and more favoured spots for those showers once again to the east of the pennines. more sunshine out to the west. temperatures generally similar values to what we've seen all week, 10 to 18 degrees the high. but the wind direction will start to change as we move into thursday. unfortunately, towards the end of the week, this low pressure will take over. we'll see further spells of rain at times, some of it heavy. but the wind direction will play its part a little. a south—westerly wind means that we will see temperatures climbing a degree or so. don't expect anything too significant because we've got the cloud and the rain around. but it's not out of the question that across eastern and southeast england we could see highs of 20 celsius. take care. now it is time to join adam fleming with the team at newscast. hello, chris. hello, vicky. hello. that was like the eurovision scores. she's only in westminster, onlyjust down the road. have we come up with a name for this week yet, cos it's when all the big, nearly all the big parties are launching their manifestos? well, yeah, i suppose to that end, it's sort of manifesto week, isn't it? it's not very jazzy. it isn't very jazzy. we've been doing this for three weeks, though, so. week three? glass half empty. yeah, exactly. how about week three? oh, there you go. yeah. that's going to put in the punters. the manifest... oh, i can't know. i've been thinking about it all day. ijust can't come up with a catchy name for it. but we've just got today we had the liberal democrats launching theirs. tuesday, it's the conservatives. wednesday it's the green party of england and wales and thursday it's labour. when does that mean the snp are doing theirs? that's next week. it's the middle of next week. i think it's a week on wednesday i think. well, on this episode of newscast we will talk about the pm's big interview he's done with nick robinson, the first proper like sit—down of a party leader being grilled for half an hour. but i think we'll start off where the day started with the lib dem manifesto launch. a little bit of trivia for you though that i will answer at the end of this episode. what links the liberal democrat manifesto launch today with the first ever manifesto in british politics? 0oh. ooh. it's really niche. you're never going to... i'm not surprised you didn't get it. well, it can't be anything to do with a roller coaster. it actually does. 0h! oh, but you have to wait till the end of the episode and i'll reveal it, and hopefully i've got it right. anyway, more to discuss on this episode of newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello. it's adam in the studio. and it is chris in the studio. and it's vicky in westminster. hello, vicky. me and vicky were hanging out after the bbc seven—way debate on friday because you were still working great. yeah, we clocked off. sorry to miss you. right. so, yeah, we'll catch up with what rishi sunak�*s been saying to nick robinson. that interview, half an hour long, lots of subjects covered, available on iplayer if you want to watch it now. it's the panorama special, first of all the leaders.