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and manchester city strengthen their position to qualify for next year s champions league, as they move back up to third in the premier league, with a 5 0 win against crystal palace. and we follow up the 2005 documentary about children living in mumbai. that is india s millennials in half an hour, here on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the liberal democrats have pledged to increase spending on the nhs and social care, by raising income tax by a penny. they say the extra £6 billion would be ringfenced in england, but scotland, wales and northern ireland would be able to decide how to spend the extra cash. it comes as party leaders are out campaigning this weekend. the prime minister theresa may says she is taking nothing for granted, despite the conservatives‘ success in the local elections. we saw a number of statements coming out of brussels, but what we have seen in the past week, these negotiations are going to be tough. we need strong and stabl ....
paul nuttall says ukip has a bright future, and voters will return in their droves if theresa may fails to deliver on brexit. france s electoral commission urges the media not to share the content of thousands of emails believed to have been hacked from presidential candidate emmanuel macron‘s team. also in the next hour. as the duke of edinburgh prepares to give up royal engagements, his son says he won t be putting his feet up completely. prince edward says his father may be retiring but he won t be disappearing into the background. manchester city move above liverpool into third place in the premier league, with a 5 0 win against crystal palace. we will have that and all of the sporting action in half an hour. good evening and welcome to bbc news. theresa may says she s grateful for the support her party s received in the local elections but insists she s taking nothing for granted ahead of next month s general election. meanwhile the labour leader jeremy corbyn ....
ofa we don t see this as the beginning of a new campaign. we ll be live throughout the day in beirut, moscow and washington with the latest reaction to the unfolding events. the other news. a romanian tourist who fell into the river thames during the westminster bridge terror attack has died. a sharp rise in the number of accident and emergency departments turning away ambulances in england. good morning, it s friday the 7th of april. welcome to bbc newsroom live. russia has strongly condemned us missile strikes on a syrian airbase, describing them as an act of aggression against a sovereign state. it has provoked anger from russia. 59 tomahawk cruise missiles were fired from two american navy warships in the mediterranean. their target the shayrat airbase which donald trump said was the airfield used to launch what he described as a horrible chemical attack on innocent civilians earlier this week. six people are said to have died in the air strikes and the base i ....
goes this weekend. the temperatures are going to be rising. we could get temperatures as high as 23 lcs in some spots. not for everybody, but warm enough. the warmth, as predicted, will be coming in from the south, from spain, from france. the temperatures that will happen in london on sunday could be as high as paris and even madrid. some pleasant warm weather on the dot way. the pollen level has been high and will remain high in england and wales for a couple more days at least yet. stating the obvious, we are not used to that strong spring sunshine just yet, so if you are heading off to the beach where the temperature may be 13-14, the beach where the temperature may be 13 14, you will burn. all this talk about sunshine, there s certainly a lack of it across a number of parts of the country in the last couple of days. suddenly northern ireland, the north west of england, north wales and west of scotland. it s been cloudy, the clouds have been stuck on this very slugg ....
into the river thames during the westminster bridge terror attack has died of her injuries. ambulances under pressure figures show a sharp rise in the number being turned away by accident and emergency departments in england. and, it s ladies‘ day at aintree on the second day of the grand national festival. the united states has carried out a missile strike on a syrian air base, in response to the suspected chemical weapons attack earlier this week in idlib province. it s the first direct us military action against forces commanded by syria s president. russia, which backs the assad regime, has condemned the strike. the americans say they fired 59 cruise missiles at the shayrat airbase in the west of syria. six people are thought to have been killed, and the pentagon says aircraft and buildings were severely damaged. according to the united states, the shayrat airbase was used to launch tuesday s chemical attack on the town of khan skeikhoun, which killed and injure ....