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in afghanistan, gunmen dressed as doctors killed at least 30 people at a hospital in kabul. in south sudan, the un warns of a genocide in the making and blames government forces and local militia. and, we talk to the former serviceman who s making history on the racecourse. coming up in sportsday: there s one match in the premier league as manchester city look to beat stoke at the etihad to go second in the table. good evening. the chancellor, philip hammond, has presented his first budget, promising to build a brighterfuture as the government prepares to start the formal process of leaving the european union. among the main news was an extra £2 billion to be spent on the social care system in england over the next three years. the chancellor was accused of breaking a conservative manifesto promise by increasing national insurance contributions for millions of self employed people. and he offered some help forfirms in england facing higher business rates. we ll have de ....
good evening and welcome to bbc news. the chancellor, philip hammond, has presented his first budget, promising to build a brighter future , as the government prepares to start the formal process of leaving the european union. among the menus was in issue £2 billion be spent on social care in england over the three years. the chancellor was accused of breaking a conservative manifesto promise by increasing national insurers for millions of self employed people. and he offered some help for firms in england facing higher business rates. we ll have details of the speech and we start with our political editor laura kuenssberg. number 11 fears rainy days. so there was no chance that the chancellor would emerge to spicy cash. saving for a would emerge to spicy cash. saving fora rainy would emerge to spicy cash. saving for a rainy day, chancellor? the kmart holding the box. less broad smile, more grin and bear. from lonely journey to the smile, more grin and bear. from ....
dedicated to both soldiers and civilians, at a special service in central london. an australian man alleged to have posed as justin bieber online is charged with more than 900 child sex offences. jubilation in the catalan capital as barcelona produced one of the greatest comebacks in football history with a stunning victory over paris saint germain in the champions league. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the chancellor philip hammond has defended his plan to raise national insurance contributions for the self employed, saying the government faces new challenges. mr hammond is facing criticism of the budget announcement for apparently going against a 2015 manifesto pledge on tax rises. the change, due to come in next year, will mean 1.6 million self employed people paying on average £240 more every year. learning to solve technical problems at a college in dudley in the west midlands this morning. and after yesterday s budget the chancellor s the one looking f ....
get under his skin that his own running mate is not defending him. i m curious the kind of mood in trump world right now. you know, i have not heard that they re upset by governor pence s performance in any way or that they re worried that he might have upstaged donald trump. there was a lot of pushback to that reporting from the campaign. but what i can tell you was that before they were deciding on who was going to be donald trump s running mate, there was some concern about choosing somebody who would upstage donald trump, somebody like newt gingrich or chris christie who is more of a politician, a more practiced politician, bombastic politicians who know a lot more about policy than donald trump does. so there is precedent for that feeling, but i m not getting anything from the campaign about them feeling like governor pence did too good of a job last night. but what i do know is that ty want to get donald trump better prepared for this next debate coming up on sunday. i was ....
we need to slow down and get it right. like mom used to say, you rush and you make mistakes. democrats are going to continue in their head-long rush to pass a government takeover of health care. from where i stand and frankly many republican senators stand who are troubled by the pace is of concern. we should have had more time to digest it. i guess history has a funny way of repeating itself. what a difference eight years doesn t make. republicans today sounding a lot like republicans back in 2009 on health care reform. only this time, they are battling themselves. can president trump and house speaker paul ryan bring their own party on board? this as one new report says at least 15 million people, joe, will lose their health care coverage under the new gop plan. this morning, we are going to speak live with the u.s. secretary of health and human services dr. tom price. plus, the man responsible for whipping votes in the house, republican congressman steve scalise a ....