Return to austerity. And the new leader of Sri Lanka says he wants to restore faith in politics. Hello, welcome to Bbc News now. Fast moving news, interviews and reaction. We begin in lebanon where the Health Ministry says 182 people have been killed and more than 700 injured in the latest wave of israeli Air Strikes in the south of the country. Israel says it carried out more than 300 strikes on hezbollah targets, aimed at preventing the group from launching a large Scale Rocket Attack on israel. In response, hezbollah has said it has fired dozens of rockets across the border. Israeli troops could also mount a Ground Offensive to create a Buffer Zone so that civilians who have been evacuated from the north of israel can return to their homes. From jerusalem, here is our correspondent. The idf put out this Video Set to be showing hezbollah operatives launching Cruise Missiles from civilian house. We ask residents of villages to pay attention to the Message And Warning published by the
Good evening from newcastle, as the dust settles onjeremy hunts budget, quite possibly the last, before the general election. You join us on the citys Iconic Quayside Overlooking the magnificent river tyne, an area steeped in industrial history, and weve been gauging reaction here, to the chancellors plans throughout the day. Among his biggest annoucements, was a cut in National Insurance, by 2p in the pound, for employees and the Self Employed. Full Child Benefits will be paid to households, where the highest earning parent, is getting up to £60,000. The current limit is £50,000. And, the non dom tax regime, for uk residents whose permanent home is overseas, is to be replaced with new rules, from april next year. Well, the office for budget responsibility, says the overall tax burden, is actually set to reach its highest level for over 70 years. While the government says spending on Public Services will rise by 1 above inflation, some areas could still see cuts in the future. The 0b
good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. there are now six left standing in the tory leadership contest. rishi sunak and penny wouldn t lead the way in the race to become the next prime minister of the conservative mps cast their votes in the first round. there are now six people left standing in the tory leadership contest. today started with all of these candidates here still in the running they needed at least 30 votes to stay in. jeremy hunt and nadhim zahawi didn t get enough support and were eliminated. the next round will take place tomorrow. from westminster, here s our political editor, chris mason. the first moment of decision in determining who might be our next prime minister. determining who might be our next prime minister. a, ., ~ ,, ., ~ prime minister. morduant, 67, sunak, 88. sunni prime minister. morduant, 67, sunak, 88- sunni liz prime minister. morduant, 67, sunak, 88. sunni liz truss, prime minister. morduant, 67, sunak, 88. sunni liz truss,
national insurance, it is wrong to be charging people the energy levy on top of their bills at the moment, we need to help people now. that is why, if i was elected as prime minister, i would why, if i was elected as prime minister, iwould immediately reverse the national insurance increases, which i called out and cabinet, i was opposed to them and cabinet. i would also remove the green energy levy. let cabinet. i would also remove the green energy levy- cabinet. i would also remove the green energy levy. let me ask you about this question, green energy levy. let me ask you about this question, because - green energy levy. let me ask you about this question, because it. green energy levy. let me ask you about this question, because it is. about this question, because it is really interesting, it has become a bit of a dividing line in this contest. conservative mps know the script, because they were speaking of the importance and necessity of putting up national insurance,
superstar. so here isjeff serenading you, chris, in the style of andrew lloyd webber. # chris mason newscaster # do you think you re what they say you are? # chris mason, editor. # do you think you re what they say you are? five stars. brilliant. well done, jeff. oh, that s a work of musical genius, that is. i m blushing, jeff. i m blushing. that is blooming marvellous. thank you. and jeff also did one for katya, which is called the jellicle katya, which is the only way you can make me like cats. did he do one for you? no. that s fine. because i think i d be like the narrator character. you could be ma adam butterfly. i mean, it s a bit operatic. that s very highbrow. it is quite highbrow. i don t even know what that is. too much for you? yes. exactly. at least it s not les miserables, which would be what you d talk about if it was a musical about energy prices, which is what we re going to discuss on this episode of newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello. it s adam in the st