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voting in some seats. the other main stories on bbc news at 5. tax officials have raided west ham and newcastle united football clubs as part of an investigation into suspected fraud. strong criticism for surrey police for returning a collection of shotguns to a man who went on to kill his partner and her daughter. a show of unity in south korea as the us military holdsjoint exercises with local forces as the us senate prepares for security briefing on north korea. and a warning that britain s immaculate green lawns could become a thing of the past because of climate change. it s 5 o clock. our main story is that the prime minister has refused to guarantee that the so called triple lock on pensions will continue if the conservatives are re elected at the general election. at the final session of prime minister s questions before polling day theresa may said that pensioner incomes would continue to rise, but she was accused of abandoning a commitment previously mad ....
us senators leave capitol hill for a security briefing on north korea at the white house. surviving cancer a blood test that can tell doctors which patients are most likely to see the disease. most likely to see the disease return. also coming up this hour: could climate change affect your garden? a new report suggests the prospect of rising temperatures could mean the end of britain s immaculate green lawns. and bristol s biggest music venue is to be renamed, following a campaign to end its association with the slave trade. good evening and welcome to bbc news. there were angry clashes in the commons today in what was the final prime ministers questions before parliament is dissolved next week. labour leaderjeremy corbyn accused the conservatives of representing the strong against the weak and weak against the strong , and opted to read out questions from members of the public. theresa may hit back in a notably personal reply she said every vote for mr corbyn ....
inafew when it comes which we are expecting in a few weeks will make no mention of the uk pulling out of the european convention on human rights. this is something she spoke about last year, the right of the party wa nted last year, the right of the party wanted this wrapped up in the brexit hill but i think the reality of this is that it ll be too much of a distraction to have to go through that as there is an election going on and she has the capital to do this. she has a huge poll lead and she needs to appeal to voters in the centre so she can irritate the right wing. centre so she can irritate the right-wing. how do you see the destruction argument martin? right-wing. how do you see the destruction argument martin7m right-wing. how do you see the destruction argument martin? it is a valid argument, there is an electoral tactic here, trying to keepa very electoral tactic here, trying to keep a very simple, that is a clear strategy that they are adopting but secondly ....
middle class tearaway? yes, it s ernesto che guevara. his younger brother lifts the lid on what he was really like. translation: the shirt that we used to call the weekly shirt, because he would wear it the whole week without washing it. he was very untidy and people used to call him pig. hello. elections are meant to be the best of times to debate the grand strategic questions facing the nation. but maybe they re the worst. the sublime arguments can get supplanted by the squalid struggle for votes. even parties 20% ahead in the polls can t resist bribing the public. is that what is happening here with regard to pensioners? an important question for this election is who should get more of the pie the old or the young. the old have been doing relatively well, partly thanks to the so called triple lock, which ensures the state pension keeps rising by the inflation rate, or with earnings, or at 2.5%, whichever is higher. it s kicked in while working age welfare and wag ....
montague. the refugee crisis is one of the world s most enormous problems. 60 million people have fled their homes and countries. my guest today says the problem is fixable, and we can do it easily. he is the economist, professor sir paul collier. the solution, he argues, is to give refugees jobs. in doing so he suggests everyone will benefit. but if the answer is so simple, why has it not been done before? professor sir paul collier, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. you have said, of the syrian refugee crisis, that it is entirely manageable, we can do it easily. yet we are talking about millions of desperate people on the move. why do you say it is so fixable? because it is. the reason we have a mess is because of two reasons. one is that we have in international system which is hopelessly broken. we have a system built in 1950 that is com pletely a system built in 1950 that is completely unfit for the 21st century problems. we never changed it. we ve got ....