finally freed 82 of the nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by islamist militants three years ago have now arrived in the capital abuja. also in the next hour. tom daley dives into married life. the british olympic diver marries american film director dustin lance black in dartmoor national park in devon. and stories about charlie chaplin s extraordinary life from the silent film icon‘s son are told in witness. that s in half an hour here on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. labour is promising not to raise income tax for anyone earning less than £80,000 a year as part of an election pledge to low and middle earners. the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, said those earning over that amount would be asked to pay a bit more to help pay for public services. the conservatives say they have no plan to raise taxes but have so far refused to rule it out completely. here s our political correspondent, ellie price. a policy pledge to capture the imagination of low a
to meet the country s president after being freed by the islamist militant group, boko haram. also in the next hour. tom daley dives into married life. the british 0lympiam marries american film director dustin lance black in dartmoor national park in devon. and. click goes behind closed doors with the doctor as something goes bump in the night. that s in half an hour here on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. labour is promising not to raise income tax for anyone earning less than £80,000 a year as part of an election pledge to low and middle earners. the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, said those earning over that amount would be asked to pay a bit more to help pay for public services. the conservatives say they have no plan to raise taxes but have so far refused to rule it out completely. here s our political correspondent, ellie price. a policy pledge to capture the imagination of low and middle income voters and the newspaper headlines. labour say
director dustin lance black. good evening from paris, where the polls will close within the next couple of hours, and the people of france will discover who their next president will be. tens of millions of voters have been visiting the polling stations today after a deeply divisive campaign, with emmanuel macron and marine le pen offering radically different visions of the future of this country. tonight s result will also have a direct impact on the future direction of the european union in the years ahead. as the brexit process unfolds, so the relevance of the outcome to france s neighbours is very clear. our paris correspondent hugh schofield has been to a voting station in the capital. you join me at a polling station in paris, at a school. you can see the table by people come to tick up their cards. and then they go to cast their ballot behind the curtains overhear. everywhere, a classic snapshot of the presidential election in france. but in some ways, it is different.
at the incredible british successes at the incredible british successes at the incredible british successes at the rio olympic and paralympic games. that is gold rush in rio. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the queen has missed her annual christmas day visit to church because of a heavy cold. other members of the royal family, including the duke of edinburgh, attended the service at sandringham without her. in her traditional christmas broadcast, the queen focussed on the theme of inspiration . our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports. christmas day service at sandringham church, this year, without the queen. other members of the family including the duke of edinburgh attended, but the queen remained at sandringham house, continuing to recover from what buckingham palace has described as a heavy cold. after the service the family appeared to be relaxed. the queen s absence is understood to have been precautionary. there is no sense of due concern. also absen
in 2004, a un plan to reunify the island was put to a vote. the turkish cypriot north said yes. the greek cypriot south said no. and a divided island joined the european union. in the talks in geneva, there are still serious obstacles to be cleared. but there is a chance, a good one, that this time the frozen conflict will end. the headlines on bbc news: donald trump says the director of national intelligence has called him to condemn a leaked report, claiming the president elect was vulnerable to blackmail by russia. snow and strong winds are causing disruption across many parts of the uk, and some areas of eastern england are being evacuated following severe flood warnings. tributes have been paid to the former england manager graham taylor, who s died at the age of 72 from a suspected heart attack. an update on the market numbers for you here s how london s and frankfurt ended the day. and in the the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. you ca