The Prime Minister has warned that the budget this october will be painful, in his first major speech from no 10 since becoming Prime Minister. Speaking in the rose garden, he said his government had inherited a black hole in the public finances, of £22 billion. Those with the broadest shoulders should bear the heaviest burden, he cautioned, but he also said there would be big asks of everyone. The conservatives responded by saying the speech was an indication that labour had been planning tax rises all along. Vicki young has our top story. Blue skies and sunshine, but the Prime Minister didnt come here to paint a rosy picture. He has accused the conservatives of wrecking the economy, leaving him to put it right. There is a budget coming in october. And it is going to be painful. We have no other choice, given the situation that we are in. Those with the broadest shoulders should bear the heavier burden. I will have to turn to the country, and make big asks of you as well. Its already
Its been loaded with around 200 tonnes of food and medical supplies. But, without a working port, its not clear yet where the ship will actually dock or how its cargo will be distributed inside gaza. 0ur middle east correspondent Quentin Somerville is in the Port City Of Larnaca in cyprus and sent us this report. Its a drop in the ocean of gazas need, but this is the first direct aid shipment by sea about to leave cyprus. The spanish ship the open arms, seen here in larnaca port, getting ready to set sail. It has a long journey ahead of it. The barge has 200 tonnes of desperately needed essentials rice, flour and pre prepared meals. This has taken months in planning. The cargo was loaded all weekend. The final Security Clearances from israel came through in the last few hours. Well, weve done truckloads of food through the rafah crossing. Weve done airdrops with thejordanian army. This is the next step into providing food aid into gaza. They are suffering and this is what were doing. B
Card. The weather stays on the i chillier side of things. Tomorrow the will be drier and brighter. Its saturday the 2nd of march. Our main story. The Prime Minister has urged the nation to stand together against extremists who want to undermine britains multi faith democracy. Labour said rishi sunak was right to call for unity but the lib dems claimed the conservatives had sowed the seeds of division for years. Our Political Correspondent, leila nathoo, has the latest. The Prime Minister arriving back at Downing Street last night, ahead of an unusual address to the country from outside number ten, to warn that extremists were spreading poison. There are forces here at home trying to tear us apart. Since october the 7th, there have been those trying to take advantage of the very human angst that we all feel about the terrible suffering that war brings to the innocent, women and children. To advance a divisive, hateful ideological agenda. His speech was prompted by the election of the co
these were some of the celebrations on the streets of istanbul as mr erdogan celebrated with his supporters. but as well as dealing with a deeply divided country, he also has an economic crisis on his hands, with inflation that s the rate at which prices rise running at more than a0%. our chief international correspondent orla guerin reports. it was a long night of celebration for one side of turkey. supporters of president recep tayyip erdogan massed outside his presidential palace here, marking a hard fought victory. translation: i ve been voting for him since i was 18, yetter tells us. my generation backs erdogan. we won the election fairly, thank god. recep tayyip erdogan. i love you a lot. in istanbul, he did it his way. with a singalong for supporters of his ruling ak party and an attack on familiar targets. is the opposition pro lgbt?, he asks. could any lgbt infiltrate our party? no, they chorus. over at the opposition s headquarters, it was like a funeral. almost
borisjohnson has been referred to police by the government s cabinet office, over new claims he broke lockdown rules during the pandemic. a fresh search begins near a reservoir in portugal for madeleine mccann, 16 years after she disappeared. this device was found to have high levels of lead, nickel and chromium. a bbc investigation finds harmful levels of chemicals in vapes confiscated from secondary school children. and from secondary school children. on newsnight at 1( deeper and on newsnight at 1030, we will go deeper behind the headlines and speak like the key players on today s big stories. plus, we take a first look at what is on tomorrow s front pages. good evening. cctv footage appears to show a police van following two teenage boys on an electric bike in cardiff, moments before they died in a collision yesterday. the deaths of kyrees sullivan, who was 16, and harvey evans, who was 15, sparked a riot, involving around 150 people. the police and crime commissioner for