i won t lie, i had a lot of adrenaline, so i was a lot more focused on the mission. and our other main stories here tonight: a manhunt is in its second day in the us state of maine, after the shooting dead of 18 people. police send divers into a local river. we know what you want, and who you want. hi, folks. borisjohnson here. former prime minister borisjohnson is the latest conservative to sign as a presenter with gb news. and, nearly a0 years after the first successful separation of conjoined twins at great 0rmond street hospital, some of the children it s helped meet up. like, we obviously do fight a lot. we do scream at each other a lot. we get mad at each other. but then we always have that bond that we know we ll be sisters forever, and we ll love each other forever, and we ll care for each other forever. also this hour: the mayor of london weighs in on the conflict in israel and gaza, calling for a ceasefire. we also look at the impact of the conflict on londoners. go
katherine, i m rishi. ..as rishi sunak prepares to set out his party s plans for another five years in government. on the eve of his manifesto launch last night, the prime minister hinted at tax cuts to come. we will have a manifesto that builds on all the things that you ve just gone through that we ve already announced in this campaign that, yes, does continue to cut people s taxes, because i believe in a country where people s hard work is rewarded. after cutting national insurance last autumn and in the spring the manifesto will promise to cut it by a further two pence for employees. it will also pledge that the state pension will not be taxed, and make permanent an existing cut to stamp duty for first time buyers, as well as promising that parents will only have to start paying back child benefit when their household income reaches £120,000. the manifesto will also contain pledges to raise defence spending, reform the welfare system, and double down on plans to se
you guessed it, it s eurovision time again coming up in the sport on bbc news, europa league and potential champions league prizes both on offer for manchester united ahead of their second leg against celta vigo at old trafford. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. if a leaked copy of labour s manifesto is anything to go by, the party is about to propose some of the most sweeping changes to its policies in a generation. the draft proposals seen by the bbc range from renationalising the railways and parts of the energy sector, an emphasis on workers rights to scrapping tuition fees in england. this afternoon, party chiefs signed off on an amended version of the document. jeremy corbyn, who said the final, fully costed manifesto will be published in a few days, described it as transformative. the conservatives called it the road to ruin. here s our political editor laura kuennsberg. they wondered what exactly was going on, and you might too. this was meant to
we hearfrom michel faber, whose new book of poems came about after his wife s death. good evening and welcome to bbc news. labour s election manifesto has been formally approved by the party leadership and is set to be launched within days. but some of the main parts of the manifesto have already found their way into the public domain, after a version of the document was leaked overnight. it included proposals to re nationalise the railways, and to scrap university tuition fees in england. the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, said it was a modern and progressive set of proposals. the party leaderjeremy corbyn said the manifesto had been unanimously agreed, and all its contents were carefully costed. they wondered what exactly was going on, and you might too. this was meant to be the grand unveiling of a labour poster, albeit on a waste ground in south london. but the party leader was nowhere to be seen. jeremy corbyn should have been selling the slogan. he d been promised
in england are the worst in five yea rs. he s a showboat, he s a grandstander. president trump lays into his former fbi director and says he always intended to sack him. and manchester united keep their champions‘ league dream alive, beating the spanish side celta vigo. coming up in sportsday on bbc news: andy murray is knocked out of the madrid open in the last 16 by borna coric, so he s failed to reach the quarter finals in two of his last three events. good evening. labour s election manifesto has been formally approved by the party leadership and will be published next week. jeremy corbyn said the policies would be fully costed and would prove to be very popular with voters. some of the main parts of the manifesto had already found their way into the public domain, after a version of the document was leaked overnight. it included proposals to re nationalise the railways and to scrap university tuition fees in england. our political editor, laura kuenssberg, has more o