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morning. it s sunday october 1. our main story: the prime minister will begin the conservative conference in manchester today, looking to unite his party amid pressure over taxes, the environment and the hs2 rail link. rishi sunak will set out his long term vision for the country in what could be his last party conference before the next general election. our political correspondent ione wells has the latest. is it time to cut taxes, prime minister? questions fired at the prime minister from all different directions. one of the loudest is a call for tax cuts. last yea r s conference was dominated by fallout over liz truss s tax cuts, which spooked the markets. she will be back this year and using a speech to call for a corporation tax cut. some tory mps have signed a pledge that they will not back any more tax rises. when tax is at a 75 year high, they should not go any higher. and what is really required is for the government to create growth in the economy. you do not do th ....
the king is back in business, his cancer treatment progressing well. so when he is out and about, what will that mean to different people? tonight we rejoined by laura lee, the head of maggie s, the cancer care charity, and historian tessa dunlop. also tonight, labour s shadow chancellor rachel reeves, who s tried to forge a reputation for fiscal discipline. where does that leave spending on defence? churchill didn t say, let s have a defence review. he said, there is in existential threat right there, let s arm. he lost that argument. shouldn t we be getting down to it right now? we are committed to get defence spending up to 2.5% of gdp. and also, crucially, working with our nato allies, because it s important that other countries also play their role. scotland s first minister, who yesterday unceremoniously dumped the snp s coalition partners, is trying to save his skin by wooing back the scottish greens. what are his chances? as humza yousaf fights for his polit ....
surrender. # breaking news from around the world 24 breaking news from around the world 2a hours a day, this is bbc news. mr blinken spoke to the bbc and said that washington will act if beijing does not stop supplying russia with items used in its assault on ukraine. our china correspondent laura bicker has more from beijing. hello. i m laura bicker. how are you? antony blinken s visit comes as us ties with china are at a turning point. how s your trip been? oh, it s been. i ve covered a lot of ground. the dialogue and diplomacy for the cameras hides real discord and distrust. this is what chinese viewers are shown. a cinematic soundtrack accompanies president xi, urging the us to be partners, not rivals. yet, hours earlier, mr blinken was warned the two sides could slip towards conflict. ..and this could not be happening. but he came to beijing with a warning of his own. 70% of the machine tools that russia is getting from abroad coming from china, 90% of the microele ....
i m going off the beaten track, deep into the south. i can feel the music. it s such a good vibe. for generations, it s where italians have been holidaying. but is the secret out? this is in a place that s steeped in tradition and at the same time, it s rapidly modernising. known as the land of two seas, you are never far from the coast. oh, it s so refreshing! for the longest time, many of its ancient stone towns have been rapidly declining but now, the call s going out around the world for people to live, buy and invest here. this is unbelievable. look at these views. this is totally unique and a rooftop pool, forfree, from the government. come on. but how will it keep that balance between staying authentic and affordable. buongiorno. buongiorno, buongiorno! ..whilst opening up to the world? this week, i m in puglia. now, i ve travelled a lot through italy. i love this place. there s great food, there s great wine. but this is my first trip into the heel of the coun ....
deep into the south. i can feel the music. it s such a good vibe. for generations, it s where italians have been holidaying, but is the secret out? this is in a place that s steeped in tradition and at the same time, it s rapidly modernising. known as the land of two seas, you are never far from the coast. oh, it s so refreshing! for the longest time, many of its ancient stone towns have been rapidly declining but now, the call s going out around the world for people to live, buy and invest here. this is unbelievable. look at these views. this is totally unique and a rooftop pool, forfree, from the government. come on. but how will it keep that balance between staying authentic and affordable. buongiorno. buongiorno, buongiorno! ..whilst opening up to the world? this week, i m in puglia. now, i ve travelled a lot through italy. i love this place. there s great food, there s great wine. but this is my first trip into the heel of the country. in recent years, the area h ....