to win the general election in scotland on the ath ofjuly. but to win the general election in scotland on the ath ofjuly. but if ou scotland on the ath ofjuly. but if you don't. _ scotland on the ath ofjuly. but if you don't. then — scotland on the ath ofjuly. but if you don't, then what? _ scotland on the ath ofjuly. but if you don't, then what? what - scotland on the ath ofjuly. but if you don't, then what? what is i scotland on the ath ofjuly. but if| you don't, then what? what is the point of voting for you if you don't win a majority of seats because everything you're saying you're going to do you be able to, are you? that argument could equally be applied to every single party contesting the selection. 0ne applied to every single party contesting the selection. one has to put up 1's manifesto, the principles of the particle the values we are sticking to and campaigning on and seek to maximise the votes. that's what happens in every election and us what we will do again in this election and i very much hope we will go on and deliver another general election win in scotland and say to the uk government, we are in a democracy, we will play our part to give effect to what that means, but you now must do the same. lets talk with the — but you now must do the same. lets talk with the nhs _ but you now must do the same. lets talk with the nhs because you were talking were pushing westminster and asking the westminster government to spend extra £10 billion annually on the nhs and therefore allowing you to spend more on the nhs in scotland. is that a feasible thing? is westminster going to be able to afford to do that given that we have seen the spending plans of labour and the conservatives and the lib dems and is not looking too good given that their hands are tied financially many ways?- given that their hands are tied financially many ways? their hands are not tied — financially many ways? their hands are not tied and _ financially many ways? their hands are not tied and this _ financially many ways? their hands are not tied and this is _ financially many ways? their hands are not tied and this is the - financially many ways? their hands are not tied and this is the real - are not tied and this is the real shocker in this election. labour do not need to accept £18 billion of cuts. they are only baked under labour's plans because they accept the tory fiscal framework and they have accepted the tory�*s tax plans. they should have it rejected those. it's perfectly feasible to find 10 billion more across the whole of the uk and we could go further and asked the nhs in england to match the pay rises we have given to nhs workers in scotland and that would provide more money across the whole of the uk, including scotland, for the nhs. if we do not do that the alternative is labour made clear as to throw open the door to privatisation. that would be an absolute disaster, not just for the nhs, but for all public services. ., ., , ., ~ ., ., services. how do you know a future westminster _ services. how do you know a future westminster government _ services. how do you know a future westminster government is - services. how do you know a future westminster government is going l services. how do you know a future | westminster government is going to engage with you?— engage with you? well, that's a ruestion engage with you? well, that's a question you — engage with you? well, that's a question you would _ engage with you? well, that's a question you would have - engage with you? well, that's a question you would have to - engage with you? well, that's a question you would have to put| engage with you? well, that's a l question you would have to put to sir keir starmer in the labour party. if they're not prepared to engage with the welsh parliament or the scottish parliament or the northern irish assembly, if they're not prepared to engage with the organisations who on a day—to—day basis run so many of these vital public services, then that would suggest from day one it would be a pretty dysfunctional westminster government. find pretty dysfunctional westminster government-— pretty dysfunctional westminster rovernment. �* ., , government. and let me ask you this. obviousl , government. and let me ask you this. obviously, independence _ government. and let me ask you this. obviously, independence front - government. and let me ask you this. obviously, independence front and i obviously, independence front and centre of what you are talking about. there was a bit of criticism from journalists and reporters in the room about your push for independence, given the fact that you have obviously had a majority and you have had mps in westminster for a while and you have got no further independence than you are a few years ago. i further independence than you are a few years ago-— few years ago. i disagree entirely about that- _ few years ago. i disagree entirely about that. we _ few years ago. i disagree entirely about that. we had _ few years ago. i disagree entirely about that. we had a _ few years ago. i disagree entirely about that. we had a poll- few years ago. i disagree entirely about that. we had a poll this i few years ago. i disagree entirely l about that. we had a poll this week that independence is back at 51% and the demand for scottish independent in the public is absolutely there and i think the key pointjohn swinney made today and it is worth repeating at every opportunity is we were not going to get independence unless the snp win elections. that's a very strong pitch to the majority of the scottish people who want it, to vote snp in the ath ofjuly. stewart, it's been good to talk to you and thank you for talking to us today. let's head out onto the election campaign trail. our correspondents are following all the main parties on the campaign trail. our political correspondent iain watson who's in wiltshire with the labour campaign we are talking about immigration in the small boats, given the figures we have from the home office in the last few hours showing the largest number of people arriving in small boats yesterday.— boats yesterday. that's right, as ou can boats yesterday. that's right, as you can see. _ boats yesterday. that's right, as you can see, it's _ boats yesterday. that's right, as you can see, it's not _ boats yesterday. that's right, as you can see, it's not difficult i boats yesterday. that's right, as you can see, it's not difficult to. you can see, it's not difficult to discern, i'm in a supermarket in wiltshire, is apparently labour wanted to come here to talk about inflation, it has been come back to 2% target and i don't want terrific conservatives off the hook and they're still seeing food prices are much higher than they were before rishi sunak became prime minister but there was a question and answer session with keir starmer and some of the starfrom session with keir starmer and some of the star from the supermarket and he was asked then about illegal immigration and i asked him about illegal immigration after that star session had ended as well and he said the number is coming by small boats was a disgrace and he said that labour would set up its border security command in this new body with new resources very quickly after polling day if labour forms the next government. i was interested by a couple of other situations and that the government policy and they said they would cancel the rwanda scheme but i wonder how quickly but he did not tell me that labour sources had made it clear that the scheduled flight fourjuly that rishi sunak keeps talking about would indeed be cancelled if labour formed the government. i was also interested in what the net in which labour would allow people to call her by the leaked or legal roots to claim asylum answer appears to be this that people who are already here, their claims will be processed, some of them who fail would be deported, but they say there will be a new framework afterjuly the ath if they win and they haven't set out the detail of that framework. you might assume that if they scrap the rwanda scheme people who come here can be deported and is possibly likely that they would allow those asylum claims to be processed. the government say they would not do that, and it would effectively stripped people of the status of there is still uncertainty about the future of the policy of labour but people who are already here and costing money as labour would save on hotel accommodation, they would have their claims processed. but it was certainly a question the sapphic demarkus staff here were interested in and the wider public is one of the media. —— the staff here... wider public is one of the media. -- the staff here. . ._ the staff here... thank you very much for _ the staff here... thank you very much for that. _ and a date for your pre—election diary — mishal husein will be chairing a head—to—head debate between rishi sunak and sir keir starmer in front of a live audience in nottingham. that's next wednesday at 8.15pm on bbc one and bbc iplayer — and if you have a question for the party leaders you can contact bbc your voice, your vote via the bbc website or email... an old baileyjury has been discharged in the case of constance marton and mark gordon after being unable to reach a verdict over the death of their newborn baby. this cross live to reach a verdict over the death of their newborn baby. this cross allowed for home affairs officer. what does this mean? you may remember— officer. what does this mean? gm. may remember this trial started on the 25th of january, constance and mark were discovered in brighton on the 27th of february after a manhunt of well over a month and then two days later their dead baby was found in a shed in brighton on an allotment in brighton. the baby's body was in a shopping bag. they were charged with manslaughter by gross negligence and the trial started on the 25th of january. the jury started on the 25th of january. the jury went out to consider their verdict on the 30th of april and they have had many times where they have not been sitting since then but as a result, since the 30th of april, they have sat for 72 hours and 33 minutes but today they told the court they were unable to reach a majority on that count of manslaughter. as a result, thejudge has discharged them from sitting any further on this case. he said he would be excusing them from jury service for the rest of their lives and it often happens thatjuries cannot reach a decision so do not feel that you have failed. this brings to an end to your involvement asjurors in this brings to an end to your involvement as jurors in this case. brings to an end to your involvement asjurors in this case. and brings to an end to your involvement as jurors in this case. and the prosecution will now whether to seek a retrial of mark and constance on that allegation that they caused the death of baby victoria by manslaughter through gross negligence. {lin manslaughter through gross negligence-— north korea's president has held talks with vladimir putin, at the start of the russian president's first visit to the country for almost a quarter of a century. the two nuclear powers have vowed to strengthen military ties, and kimjung un has said he "fully supports" russia's war on ukraine. the us and south korea accuse north korea of supplying moscow with artillery in exchange for food and military aid. speaking in pyongyang, president putin thanked north korea for its support on ukraine, and took aim at his western critics. translation: we highly| appreciate your consistent and unwavering support for russian policy, including the ukrainian direction. i mean, ourfight against the hegemonic imperialist policy imposed for decades by the united states and its satellites towards the russian federation. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz schafernaker. hello there. it was a little cloudy and cool earlier on across some part of the country but i think the message for the rest of today is a bright, if not sunny one and it's relatively warm as well with temperatures about where they should be at this time of year. not clear blue skies and if you look at the satellite picture in some areas it's quite hazy and even a weather front here just to the north—west of our neighbourhood so cooler conditions here and may be the mid—teens but for most of us and we are talking in the range of around 18—20 c. one thing that is high, the pollen level, in fact very high, the pollen level, in fact very high across many areas and i certainly am feeling it. not quite so high there in the north of scotland. this evening, clear skies, starry skies overnight. this one a front approach is the north—west of the uk so there will be damp weather in northern ireland and the south—west of scotland and not particularly call tonight with temperatures in most towns and cities at about nine or ten. lots of sunshine right from the word go but then the skies will be quite hazy in places and again, a bit of that fair weather cumulus cloud bubbling up and what we will mention is that in the north—west, close over the front it will be a little bit cloudier and cooler and perhaps even spots of rain but for most of us, again, a shade warmer at up to 21 or 22. it's warming up. an area of high pressure is building up across the uk but just an in between weather systems we were on friday and so on friday there will be a bit of a blip as this weather front approaches. southerly winds are not cold, mild and warm conditions but rain at times coming up the island and murky conditions with damp weather towards the west but further towards the east, the sunnier and warmer it will be. newcastle were 22 degrees and i should expect 20 in eastern scotland as well and if you are thinking about the weekend, the that you saw islands are high with weak weather fronts brushing the north—west of the uk and the indications are that as we head through the rest ofjune the temperatures are on the up, plenty of sunshine, we might even get temperatures into the high 20s so we could get a little bit hot for some. this is bbc news. the headlines... the snp launches its election manifesto — pledging a major investment in the nhs, and a promise to deliver independence. new figures show inflation in the year to may fell to 2% — hitting the bank of england's target for the first time in nearly three years. vladimir putin and kim jong—un sign a strategic partnership pact during the russian leader's first visit to north korea in 2a years. and it's another big day in the euros, as scotland go head to head with switzerland, but can they turn things around after their defeat to germany? delivering independence, rejoining the eu, protecting public services — some of the key pledges from the snp, which hasjust launched its election maifesto in edinburgh. the party's leader — scotland first ministerjohn swinney — outlined how he would secure a major new investment for the health service. we willjoin with progressive politicians south of the border to press for greater funding for the nhs and for the uk government to match the pay deals we have given our health staff in scotland. that would see an extra £1.6 billion for the national health service in scotland. and we would introduce a keep the nhs in public hands bill at westminster, a legal guarantee for a publicly owned, publicly operated health service. the snp message on the health service is clear, it is simple and it will never change. the nhs is not for sale. voting snp... applause. voting snp is a vote to protect our public services and our precious national health service. well, do all the numbers add up? our policy and analysis correspondent ben chu and the team at bbc verify have been taking a closer look. what a closer look. is in the scottish national pa rty�*s what is in the scottish national party's manifesto and does it add up? it's important to recognise this is not a manifesto for a party which has aspirations to form a uk wide government but it is nevertheless framed through that prism because this is a westminster election. because of the way the uk system works, when it comes to devolved areas like health or education, the devolved nations get a share of the increase granted to england only services, which is loosely based on their relative population shares. given scotland's population is roughly a tenth of the size of england's, if the uk government increased nhs england spending by £10 billion, the westminster grant given to scotland to spend on its priorities would also rise by a tent, about £1 billion. the snp manifesto calls for a boost to nhs england spending of £16 billion per year relative to the current plans, so scotland would get an additional £1.6 billion. let's look at how that compares to what are national parties are actually pledging in their manifestos on health. here is labour which pledges around £1.8 billion a year increase in nhs spending, relative to the current baseline so some way off what the snp would be calling for. the conservatives, they were pledge a small increase of around £1.2 billion. and the liberal democrats would pledge around £8.3 billion per year top up, would pledge around £8.3 billion per yeartop up, about would pledge around £8.3 billion per year top up, about half of the snp demand. what about reform? they would broadly match the snp�*s on £17 billion per year and the green party in england and wales, though they though they say they would commit £50 billion per year, the snp leader claimed this would be the most left—wing manifesto of any party but he didn't factor in the greens. by the way, the snp manifesto also calls for the uk government to invest £28 billion a year into the green economy, a target that labour has dropped from its own plans but this only relates to one side of the financial ledger, spending. the snp doesn't say how it would raise the money to deliver all of those things because the snp is not seeking to form the next uk wide government, though the party has been urging the next uk government to raise the rate of income tax, so spending on devolved public services in scotland can rise without additional borrowing. the snp does run the devolved scottish government but it doesn't have the power to impose most taxes. it's manifesto calls for more powers to be devolved and the party has put its money where its mouth is. last december the snp government in holyrood used its devolution powers to introduce a new a5% rate on people earning between 75 and £125,000 a year. that income was previously taxed at a2% and they have imposed a new hire top rate of info —— income tax, a8% on incomes above £125,000 whereas in the rest of the uk it is a5%. does the scottish national party's westminster general election manifesto add up in terms of its tax and spending proposals? for all the reasons we have outlined, when it comes to a party only running in scotland in a westminster election, sadly not a simple question to answer. ben, thank you. bbc verify have been through all the manifesto is launched, crunching those numbers and making sure they all add up so we are very grateful to them. the lib dems have announced plans to spend an extra £1 billion a year in the next parliament, to fix crumbling nhs hospitals and remove dangerous concrete. here's the deputy leader of the liberal democrats, daisy cooper, on the party's plans for the nhs. well, liberal democrats have pledged £9 million of additional investment every single year in our health and social care, and with that particular amount of money, we've said we will invest in fixing problems in the nhs and social care upstream. so we will make sure people can see a gp within seven days, that we boost gp numbers by 8,000, we will fix the crisis in dentistry,