while their title rivals tottenham, beat arsenal in the north london derby. good evening and welcome to bbc news. theresa may says there ll be no increase in vat, if the conservatives win the general election. but the prime minister did signal that she would scrap a pledge, not to raise income tax or national insurance. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has also promised not to raise vat. he said labour would protect middle income earners and end what he called tax giveaways to the rich . our political correspondent ben wright reports. so, this will be a law. this is a guarantee, because i know what needs to be done. it was a startling policy, a solemn promise made days before the 2015 general election. david cameron said that three key taxes, vat, income tax and national insurance, would not go up for a five year parliament, so will theresa may repeat that pledge in her manifesto? we have no plans to increase the level of tax, but i am also very clear that i don t want to make
with north korea. the us president also spoke highly of the north korean leader kimjong un, calling him a pretty smart cookie. president trump has been marking one hundred days of his presidency with a speech at a rally in pennsylvania. supporters last night were pleased with how he is performing around the globe, they say they have a tough leader in donald trump. during the rally he explained to his supporters why he appears to have stopped publicly decrying china as a currency manipulator. he said to be tough on china. he explained, look, isat he said to be tough on china. he explained, look, i sat down with the president of china and asked for help with the blood can. when we spoke to supporters, they believe yea rs spoke to supporters, they believe years on the right track. a man i have got to like and respect, the president of china, president xi, i believe has been putting pressure on them also, but perhaps so far nothing has happened and perhaps it has. this was a smal
missile test in two weeks. and ten years after the disappearance of madeleine mccann, her parents tell the bbc they ll do whatever it takes for as long as it takes to find their daughter. good evening. theresa may says there ll be no increase in vat if the conservatives win the general election, with labour saying it wouldn t increase the tax either. but the prime minister did signal she may scrap a pledge made by david cameron not to raise income tax or national insurance. mrs may has also made it clear she expects hard talks with the european union over brexit. it follows comments from the german chancellor angela merkel that britain musn‘t delude itself about the outcome of the negotiations. here s our political correspondent ben wright. working people have paid enough tax. as this economy recovers, i want you to be able to keep more of your own money to spend as you choose. it was a startling policy, a solemn promise made days before the 2015 general election. david c
it s newsday. good morning. it s 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 8pm in the evening in washington, where president donald trump has been singing the praises of china in sharp contrast to his campaign rhetoric. in an interview with the american cbs network, the us president said he was in constant touch with president xijinping, and believed he was putting pressure on north korea to reign in its leader kimjung un‘s nuclear ambitions. the relationship i ve had with china, it s been already acclaimed as being something very special, something very different to what we ve already had. on north korea, mr trump warned that a conflict with the country could kill millions of people. but he had some surprising words of praise for supreme leader kim kim jong un. dealing with obviously very tough people, in particular the generals and others, and at a very young age he was able to assume power. a lot of people i m sure tried to take that power away, whether it was his uncle or any
River could bust hope. hopefully, this dam will not go. that s our biggest fear right now. reporter: wow, all that rain on top of the weekend snow has rivers like the passaic here in new jersey running high and rising. in new milford, new jersey, first responders using boats and high water vehicles to rescue residents from flooded neighborhoods. thank god for the new milford police department and fire department. reporter: police declaring an emergency due to high seas and flooding in hampton, new hampshire. more than 600,000 customers losing power during the storm now a race to restore, ahead of a new system moving in in just days. david: country can t get a break. let s get to rob, with us tonight to take us to the next storm, and really like a conveyor belt here. reporter: yeah, they are, david. back-to-back. and that means the rivers that are starting to recede in some cases are going to be bumped right back up. the rivers that start with a p seem to be most problematic