and president s trump s decision to pull out of the paris climate agreement. that s dateline at 11:30am. good morning and welcome to bbc news. theresa may has insisted the party s position on income tax has not changed, despite the defence secretary claiming that the conservative party would not raise income taxes even for high earners. the prime minister is speaking at an eventin the prime minister is speaking at an event in dewsbury and west yorkshire, when the bbc asked her for clarification. our position hasn t changed from that set out the manifesto. what people will know when they go to vote on thursday is that it is the conservative party that has and a lwa ys conservative party that has and always will be a low tax party and it is our intention to reduce taxes for ordinary working families. we will raise the personal allowance to 12500 and raise the 40% threshold up to 50,000. the choice is simple for people on thursday. a conservative party that has always believed i
at least ten people have been reported killed following explosions at a funeral in the afghan capital kabul. hope for ovarian cancer patients as a new drug shows promising results, shrinking tumours. and coming up, a look at istanbul 3,000 years of history in a city straddling two continents that s in the travel show at 10:30. at 2:30pm. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. theresa may has insisted that conservative party policy on income tax has not changed. one of her senior cabinet colleagues had suggested that the tax would not go up even for higher earners. the tory manifesto does not include a promise on income tax, but in a newspaper interview the defence secretary, sir michael fallon, said the only way people could be sure of not paying more tax was to vote conservative. 0ur political correspondent leila nathoo reports. the last push to win over undecided voters and shore up support among the tory base. theresa may forced to clarify the conservative s tax po
reported killed following explosions at a funeral in the afghan capital kabul. at least six six people have been reported killed. hope for ovarian cancer patients as a new drug shows promising results, shrinking tumours. and at 3:30pm, a look at how social media can impact the general election. that s click, coming up in half an hour. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. theresa may has insisted that conservative party policy on income tax has not changed. one of her senior cabinet colleagues had suggested that the tax would not go up even for higher earners. the tory manifesto does not include a promise on income tax, but in a newspaper interview the defence secretary, sir michael fallon, said the only way people could be sure of not paying more tax was to vote conservative. meanwhile, the labour leader jeremy corbyn has accused the conservatives of being in chaos over their tax plans. our political correspondent leila nathoo reports. the last push to win over undec
ahead of her benefit concert tomorrow evening. six people have been reported killed following explosions at a funeral in the afghan capital kabul. also in this hour. powerful results for one of the largest clinical trails to treat prostate cancer. and for ovarian cancer patients, as a new drug also shows promising results, shrinking tumours. and later on bbc news a personal account ofjewish refugee who fled the nazi s in 1939, but was forced to return to europe after being denied entry by us authorities. that s coming up in witness at a50. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. theresa may has insisted that conservative party policy on income tax has not changed. one of her senior cabinet colleagues had suggested that the tax would not go up, even for higher earners. the tory manifesto does not include a promise on income tax, but in a newspaper interview the defence secretary, sir michael fallon, said the only way people could be sure of not paying more tax was to vote