police say three men arrested in connection with the manchester bombing have been released without charge. eleven people remain in custody. the mother of zookeeper rosa king who was killed by a tiger says she loved herjob and wouldn t have done anything else. coming up later. newsnight asks how different generations are approaching this election, with an audience split evenly between people over 60 and people under 30. that s at midnight, here on the news channel. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has apologised for not knowing the cost of one of labour s key election pledges on childcare. it was a policy he was out campaigning on today but during a bbc interview this morning he struggled to come up with the numbers for how much it would cost to extend free childcare in england. the conservatives called it a car crash interview. here s our deputy political editorjohn pienaar. i d better get a car, hadn t i? got to keep up, can t fal
the south east of the uk. the fly in the ointment is the weather front which is pushing towards the south east overnight, into saturday morning and there is still fhéé morning and there is still the threat of clipping of england, not far away, south east of england, not far away, some thunderstorms. that should clear way, that is how it looks at the moment and we will move into the cooler and fresh air with sunshine and showers, the main focus of the showers towards the north west. for the second half of the weekend, three areas of low pressure close by, none of them ride over the uk, but still the air will be unstable enough so that we can generate showers. some good spells of sunshine, some of the showers on the heavy side and we will find temperatures iii heavy side and we will find temperatures 1a in glasgow, perhaps as high as 20 in london. early next week, an area of high pressure extending from biscay across the south east of the uk but an area of low pressure is app
it is sam here in singapore, 1am in london and in california, at test missile interceptor has been fired to ta ke missile interceptor has been fired to take out an intercontinental ballistic missile. it was launched from an air force base in california and the test comes amid heightened tensions with north korea which has been developing long range weapons in defiance of international sanctions. i spoke to our correspondent earlier from los angeles. this interceptor was launched from vandenberg air force base along the central california coast and this is not the first time that a test of this nature, at least as it was applied previously to short range missiles was carried out. this is designed to intercept a long range missile and it successfully d id long range missile and it successfully did that with a mock missile, a mock long range missile launched from an island in the pacific, more than 4000 miles away. it is significant. according to officials responding to this, th
now on bbc news all the latest business news live from singapore. how well has india s economy whether the cash ban on big notes? we find out when the government releases economic growth figures later today. and we are nearly halfway to the year. for and we are nearly halfway to the yea r. for investors and we are nearly halfway to the year. for investors it has been a steady climb upwards, but could there be trouble spots ahead? welcome to asia business report. we start with india, and the latest economic growth figures due later today. gdp data generated in the march quarter should offer clues on any more effects from the controversial cash ban. the south asian economy has been expanding at a rate of around 7%, lower than previous quarters due to this sudden withdrawal of two of the most commonly used banknotes late last year. so, our businesses there feeling the pinch? our team and by when to find out. in mumbai. funky music it is difficult for us to get to the 7% plus
to still be here and we re still fighting so while he is still fighting, we still fighting. also, the latest in our collection blind date series, and this morning one labour and one conservative politicians sit down and took in. so for all our couples have got on but will politics get in the way? people are looking at me, talking about the community. i was in wilkinson is buying something about the other day and people said, i can t believe you are in wilkinson! i said, i have to put things in my bin. i don t have people to put things in my bins! hello, welcome to the programme. we until iiam. hello, welcome to the programme. we untiliiam. we hello, welcome to the programme. we until iiam. we are live until iiam. so much coming up today on the show. we will be talking about the political song that you aren t allowed to hear and why. the latest on the tickets for the one love concert in manchester to remember the victims of last week s attack. and of course we have our l