president biden has called to advance it swiftly so it can head to his desk in the oval office so he can sign off on it. the pentagon for its part watching the political infighting going on has been trying to pre position weaponry where it can so that those weapons can head to ukraine, head to troops on the ground sooner rather than later. potentially within days as opposed to weeks. that doesn t rule out the prospect of further political infighting despite the fact that congress woman nancy pelosi had called to sign off on the bill for ukraine. we know that it had been facing resistance from the republican party. they had wanted ties to strict immigration laws, stricter border security with the us mexico border. that particular vote failed. they needed a two thirds majority so that did not come to pass. instead what you saw with the ukraine bill is that more republicans voted against it. than actually voted in favour. we know that republican congress woman marjorie greene ha
and any ties to trump s campaign. the former tv presenter rolf harris is being released on bail tomorrow. the veteran entertainer is currently on trial accused of indecently assaulting three girls between 1971 and 1983. retail sales rose by 2.3% last month defying market expectations that rising inflation would cause a consumer slowdown. hello and good morning. welcome to bbc news. i m sophie long, in west yorkshire. where theresa may will promise to address the rising cost of social care in england and curb immigration when she launches the conservative manifesto shortly. it has been delayed due to travel problems and there have been a couple of protests which have sprung up. small protests at this stage. one to the side of the building and another to the entrance. shortly theresa may will arrive here and unveiled the conservative party plans for the election. let s take you through what we are expecting to hear from theresa may at this stage. the party is promising that
of the bombing. and in the next hour, a warning from the royal college of surgeons. new figures show the number of nhs patients waiting six months or more for surgery has increased threefold since 2013. two astronauts are leaving the international space station and heading back to earth in the soyuz space capsule. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. the conservative candidate for south thanet in kent craig mackinlay has been charged with offences relating to his election expenses in the run up to the last general election. the crown prosecution service said mr mackinlay, who s standing again onjune 8th, and two other tory party workers will faces charges under the representation of the people act. here s our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford. craig mackinlay. it was one of the big conservative wins in the last general election, stopping nigel farage in south thanet. their candidate, craig mackinlay, won byjust under 3000 votes after talking during the campaign o
police investigating the manchester bomb attack find a car they say may be significant to their inquiry. and will wonder woman smash the box office? we ll have that and the rest of this week s top releases with james king in the film review. it s 5 o clock we re in the city of york with just six days to polling day where later this evening theresa may and jeremy corbyn will both take part in the bbc question time leader s special. and it takes place less than 2a hours after donald trump s decision to take america out of the paris climate treaty. mrs may has been accused by opponents of a ‘pathetic‘ response, she said she was ‘disappointed whilejeremy corbyn said the decision was ‘reckless and dangerous‘. we ll have more on that in a moment. but mrs may had to deal with another issue earlier today when craig mackinlay the conservative candidate in south thanet in kent was charged with offences relating to his election expenses two years ago
the british prime minister, theresa may, and the opposition labour party leader, jeremy corbyn, have been facing to do everything that to do questions from voters ahead of next week s general election. they were questioned separately by members of the studio audience after mrs may refused to debate directly with other party leaders. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. nervous? not so you would notice. this crowd was waiting. theresa may had much more to lose. a brave face after a bumpy few days. both facing the hardest audiences of all, this studio and you. a smile but a hard start for the prime minister. pressing bruises she has taken on in this campaign. you have backtracked on the social care policy. your plans have holes in it. everyone can see that. i did not just want to stay in the job, i have called an election because of brexit. i think this is a really important moment for our country. you have called a general election for the good of the conservative