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including a three month old baby killed in russian air strikes in odesa. claims that vladimir putin considers peace talks on ukraine to be at a quote dead end is the second story on the ft. it s main feature is macron s projected victory in france. to the telegraph which also focuses on macron s expected win. it says he s acknowledged one of the reason he s managed to return to the elysee palace is because people voted in spite of him because they didn t want to choose marine le pen. the guardian also devotes most of its front page to macron s projected victory. calling it a victory for him and also for the european union. lots to get on with so we will get cracking. hello both. lovely to see you. one place to start, it is these elections in france. macron s projected victory. let s start with the front page of the guardian, that has a photo of macron in the middle and the headline, macron pledges unity after he fends off le pen threat. lizzie, why don t you kick ....
chancellor announced a cut of 2p in a national insurance. that takes effect from saturday. that, and lower energy bills that we have talked about, is good news. on the other hand, water bills are going up in england and wales. there is an even bigger increase in scotland. those percentages work out at an average of £30 or more each year. it is a similar story when it comes to council tax. three quarters of local authorities are expected to put bills up by the maximum possible amount this year. it is worth seeing in scotland the charges there have been frozen. after being frozen, the tv licence will go up to nearly £170 for people. lots of mobile phone and broadband providers will be charging more, evenif providers will be charging more, even if you are in the middle of a contract. vehicle tax, nhs dentist fees, and the cost of a new passport are also going up. that is before we talk about rent and mortgage costs. the advice that now is a good time to do an audit of yo ....
debating trophy hunting. i think it is a really sad tragedy that the british leadership of all would bring this upon us without even so much as a courteous call to us, nor even an attempt to understand what our circumstances are. it s also hypocritical, in our view, deeply so that you allow your species to be hunted and trophies to be exported from the united kingdom. and not one the same for us to do. what examples do you have of that? well, stags you have stags you permit for them to be hunted. you permit for them to be turned into trophies, mounted on walls and exported throughout the world. there are those in your country who agree with the efforts by the british politicians. former president ian khama backs the bill. he says too many rhinos, for example, are being killed in botswana. do you agree with that? well, one iconic species killed is one too many to begin with, right? my fundamental disagreement with ian comey s misdirected position is that first we re a democrat ....
something more enduring. negotiators continue to work, the gaps are narrowing, and we are continuing to push for an agreement in doha. it is still difficult work to get there, but i continue to believe it s possible. the us submitted a draft resolution to the un security council, for the first time calling for an immediate ceasefire tied to the release of hostages. the security council is expected to vote on the us draft resolution on friday. our us state department correspondent tom bateman is travelling the middle east with secretary blinken, and sent this report from that conference in cairo. this news conference just wrapped up with antony blinken and the egyptian foreign minister. that now concludes this part of antony blinken s trip before he heads to tel aviv on friday morning. what we heard from him here is reiterating that language we now know is in the security council draft resolution that is to be put on a boat in the us for the talks about the need for an ....
what s life like in britain in 2023 if you have a disability? according to a human rights watchdog today, you face worsening discrimination and an increasing risk of poverty as a result of government failures. the equalities and human rights commission accuses the government of making slow progress in improving the lives of disabled people. we ask what progess has been made, and what else needs to be done? also tonight, as calls grow for manchester united to let go of one of their young players despite the attempted rape and assault charges against him being dropped, we ll talk to a man united supporter, a former football agent and the reporter who says the club have already made the decision to keep the striker. plus, singer songwriter hozier, who wrote the award winning hit take me to church ten years ago, tells newsnight the message from the song highlighting homophobic attitudes is even more relevant a decade on. the songs mission statement or its message is more ap ....