the trade union congress says uk families are at breaking point, as the country experiences the longest squeeze on real wages since the 18005. squeeze on real wages since the 1800s. we will have the latest from the tuc conference in brighton and from westminster. ukraine s president says that nearly one third of his country was at power stations have now been destroyed after another round of russian air strikes on energy facilities. fears grow for a female iranian athlete who competed in a climbing competition without wearing a hijab. herfamily say climbing competition without wearing a hijab. her family say they have lost contact with her. and environment campaigner greta thunberg tells the bbc why she does not want to go into politics. just feels like that world is so toxic. but also, as it is now, the changes necessary will only come if there s enough public pressure from the outside. and coming up on the bbc news channel: we will hear from one of the men trying to find a
For advanced weapons and Defence Systems. President zelensky said the Military Aid Package would give his country a chance of victory in its war against russia. Translation i think this support will really strengthen the armed forces of ukraine, and we will have a chance for victory if ukraine really gets the Weapons System which we need so much, thousands of soldiers need so much. And this aid should notjust to be sprayed in a thin layer all over but it has to end up in tangible Weapons Systems. Many ukrainians have taken to social media to thank the us for the funding. This is what residents in the capital told the bbc. Translation of course it is not too late. In any case, it is needed, and whether it would be later or earlier, in any case it will help. Translation it will help a lot, i i think our guys will be alive, l thats the most important thing, the most important, so that we have something to defend ourselves with both the people and our boys, they are our guardians, they are
Kayleigh its the 7 a. M. Hour of fox Friends Weekend starting with this, Fox News Alert, antiisrael protests raging across college campuses. Its gotten so bad that the jewish students at columbia are asking to attend classes virtually. Well talk to an activist speak out. Pete plus, Opening Statements set to begin tomorrow in president Donald Trumps hush money trial. As disgraced lawyer Michael Avenatti offers to testify for the former president. A former prosecutor on that we can expect this week. Will and, haven are, start your engines Ladies And Gentlemen, start your engines. Were gearing up for the Geico 500 On Fox. The second hour of fox Friends Weekend starts right now. Im on Top Of The World, eh. Im on Top Of The World pete if all right, kayleigh, we play this game, name the skyline, all right . Were looking at ive got to say probably west coast because the lights are off. Kayleigh okay. Pete suns not up yet will some topography in the background can. Pete i think i see water on
director of policy at the institute of directors. what changes will come into force tomorrow? national insurance, it is only and employers and the self employed will showcase a cut tomorrow. they will get a second tax cut tomorrow after one injanuary. this has taken the ratchet national insurance pay my employees down from 12% last year to 8% effective tomorrow. how much you save in terms of your tax bill will depend on your income, but for the average employee earns about 35,000 average employee earns about 35,000 a year in the uk, taking the chewed macro tax cuts together, you are going to be about £900 a year better off, so it is a meaningful tax cuts, but it is occurring in the context of a big tax increase that has occurred over the last few years. we talked about what the balance of benefits is for employees. what is the impression the position for employers? the the impression the position for employers? employers? the situation there is unchanged- employers?