for 13 days straight. and we will checkin for 13 days straight. and we will check in on the race for the republican nomination. the main contenders are in iowa today at an evangelical conference but the clear front runner donald trump is nowhere to be seen. first though let s start in france, where it is bastille day, marking the french revolution and as is often the case of the french president is joined is often the case of the french president isjoined by is often the case of the french president is joined by significant guest of honour. this year emmanuel macron rolled out that carpet for the indian prime minister as the two countries sealed high profile defence deals and deepen their ties. it is the latest trip from the indian leader who last month was in washington to meetjoe biden. what is behind this latest diplomatic push from new delhi. i spoke to someone from the king s college london to find out what is behind the diplomatic push. he london to find out what is beh
good evening and welcome to bbc news. it s been a tough day that s how the chancellor began his speech to the party faithful at the conservative party conference this afternoon. it follows a dramatic u turn this morning when the government suddenly dropped its plan to scrap the 45p top rate of income tax. only yesterday, the prime minister had insisted the tax cut would stay except in scotland. but now kwasi kwarteng says criticism of the measure had become a huge distraction that had drowned out other measures announced in the government s so called mini budgetjust 10 days ago. his change of heart followed mounting opposition among tory mps to the tax cut. our political editor, chris mason, reports. first thing this morning, things are moving. and fast. the planned tax cut for the highest paid is being junked. the government has blinked. it was an ambitious plan, and we talked to lots of people up and down the country. i saw the reaction. we considered what to do w
have continued, as have those on the jabaliya refugee camp in the north. israel insists it s making maximum effort to avoid killing civilians. hospitals inside gaza are struggling to take in the casualties with un officials describing a degree of panic in medicalfacilities that hasn t been seen before. the un says palestinians who are being told to leave areas, which were previously seen as safe, are being pushed into a narrow corner of gaza. our international editor jeremy bowen reports on the situation in the west bank and gaza. there s distressing footage from the very beginning. lost boys, brothers looking for their father my dad s been killed. i swear my dad s been killed. they re lost in the mighty vengeance promised by israel. then they found their father and brother were dead. the strike, filmed by a freelance journalist, destroyed the home of this family injabalia, northern gaza. these are the latest israeli army pictures. they re pushing forward into souther
launched by summit president sultan al jaber, saying they clearly fall short of what is required. countries and oil companies at the un climate talks have promised to make major progress in tackling global warming in a large new energy pledge. around 100 countries promised to treble world renewable energy use by 2030. but guterres points out the agreement says nothing about eliminating emissions from fossil fuel consumption. let s fill you in more detail in the comments by the chair of cop28, the sultan al jaber, as my colleague explains. he is the cop28 president, sultan al jaber. it is also the president of the abra diary national oil company. but it has been controversial. greta thunberg the climate campaign according completely ridiculous, than the british but the british government has defended him. one of the key architects of the 2015 paris agreement has also defended his appointment saying that he and his team are uniquely placed to persuade the fossilfuel pe
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