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on fake news during the election campaign, saying it ll do all it can to tackle the problem. in sport, there s hope yet for arsenal s season. they beat manchester united and are still in the chase for the champions league places. and carol has the weather. good morning. for some of us, the good morning. for some of us, the good weather will last. a bit more cloud in the north and east and still cool down in the north sea coastline. i will have more details in about ten minutes. good morning. first, our main story. france s newly elected president, emmanuel macron, has promised to heal the country s divisions following his resounding victory over the far right leader, marine le pen, in yesterday s election. the pro eu candidate secured 66% of the vote and atjust 39 years old, he will become the country s youngest ever leader. speaking at a victory rally outside the louvre in paris, he said the task ahead was immense and made a plea for unity. here s our europe correspond ....
future. president trump prays at the western wall on a visit to israel and talks to both israeli and palestinian leaders. and the diamond that turned out to bea and the diamond that turned out to be a cut above the rest, bought the £10 ina be a cut above the rest, bought the £10 in a car boot sale it will go under the hammer the £350,000. it s five o clock. our main story: the conservatives have performed a rapid climb down over their central manifesto pledge on social care. theresa may, in a campaign speech in wrexham, said their plans include a consultation on a cap or in her words an absolute limit on the money people will need to pay. it s unclear what that cap will be. the conservatives had proposed that those needing care would have to meet the costs by forfeiting all but the last 100,000 pounds of their assets , including the value of their property. our political correspondent chris mason reports. huge bills and a big question. who should pick up the tab, ....
join a very special visitor for a preview of the chelsea flower show. royal guests have been touring the gardens today, before thousands of members of the public arrive tomorrow. good evening and welcome to bbc news. theresa may has refused to put a figure on the upper limit people will have to pay towards the cost of social care, saying it will be subject to consultation. the prime minister has denied going back on her manifesto plan to make people in england pay for their care, up to the last £100,000 of their assets. after mounting criticism, she said today she would consider a cap. questioned by the bbc‘s andrew neil this evening, mrs may declined to say what the cap might be. 0ur political correspondent, alex forsyth, is in westminster. what more did the prime minister have to say about this to andrew neil? theresa may has been saying, when she was asked byjournalists this morning and then to andrew neil, that there was no change in policy but she has moved from ....
and we start in hong kong, which is marking 20 years since the end of british colonial rule. the chinese president, xijinping, is visiting the territory under tightened security. that security is there to curtail any pro democracy protests. our china editor carrie gracie has been meeting some of those who were born in the year of the handover. hong kong s patriots greet their president and first lady. flags, but no umbrellas allowed, because umbrellas are the symbol of protest here. he said he d come to support hong kong. protesters chant. that s not how democracy activists see it. occupying a monument china presented to hong kong for the handover. one student insisted on herfreedom to protest as she was arrested. hours earlier, she had illustrated her feelings about the chinese communist state. a hong kong flag in mourning. a veteran protester at 20. but she s no longer optimistic about what protest can achieve. another hong konger, born in the year of the handover. co ....
phil connell reports. they re family treasures were collected at castle howard in the 17th and 18th century, treasures as from now are effectively owned by the british taxpayers. ownership of the 89 treasures are owned by the national museum in liverpool, a deal that allows castle howard to wipe out an outstanding tax bill of £5.5 million. it s called the acceptance in lieu scheme and it allows families to pay their tax bills with works of art as long as those works of art are shown to the public, which is great for the regions and the visiting public. for castle howard it is a win win situation. the 89 items will still be kept and displayed here, a solution which for the owner means fewer sleepless nights. the £5 million we would have had to find from other sources, like selling more objects or land, which would then have incurred more tax, which then would have incurred finding the tax again, it means that cycle is broken and we can get on with the business of prese ....