Economy and help families with permanent tax breaks. Labour will argue that any reductions will still leave people worse off because of the freezing of Tax Thresholds. Ben king reports. The background to todays budget has been gloomy, with the economy in recession. But it looks like the chancellor will still find room to cut taxes. The conservatives are trailing labour in the polls, and looking Forjeremy Hunt to give them some cheer in places like this, winchester, a seat the Lib Dems Hope to win. So what do people here think about tax cuts . I think it would be a good idea because it gives people more money to spend on what they want to buy. Realistically, people arent going to save that much money from a tax cut, whereas more money in Public Services means Better Health care services. Itsjust much more important. I would prefer not to have a tax cut, but to see more money invested in the community. If the Public Services were properly organised, theres more than enough money to do it
anniversary. live from our studio in singapore, - anniversary. live from our studio in singapore, this. anniversary. live from our| studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. the us says there will be more attacks against houthi forces in yemen after overnight american and uk air strikes, which hit more than 30 positions. the houthis, who are backed by iran, have been targetting vessels in the red sea since november. they say this is in support of the palestinians in gaza. they are one of several militias in the middle east with iranian backing. the us targeted others in syria and iraq earlier this weekend, and there have been funerals today in baghdad after 17 people were killed. our international editor jeremy bowen considers whether there is any chance of a cessation of the conflict at the heart of all this between israel and hamas in gaza. raf jets rafjets took off from the british base in cyprus bought the long flights to hit houthi targets in yemen. other west
on the run and dangerous abdul ezedi, known to the victims and with injuries to his face from the substance he s alleged to have thrown. last night, just off clapham common, police believe abdul ezedi attacked the woman and her three and eight year old girls with an alkaline substance. trying to escape, he crashed into another car. neighbours came to help. she was saying, i can t see, i can t see , so i shouted for my partner to get some water. the little girl s transferred onto me, my lips are still burning. cctv footage shows some of the attack. the suspect appears to run someone over, then he gets out the suspect appears to run someone over. then he gets out of the car and takes one of the children out from the back. he then runs off, chased by others. another eyewitness who also didn t want to be identified gave chase. he pulled a two or three year old out of the car, lifted her out out of the car, and he lifted her out as high as he could, and he just body slammed her
the us says there will be more attacks against houthi forces in yemen after overnight american and uk airstrikes which hit more than thirty positions. the houthis, who are backed by iran, have been targetting vessels in the red sea since november they say this is in support of the palestinians in gaza. they are one of several militias in the middle east with iranian backing. the us targeted others in syria and iraq earlier this weekend and there ve been funerals today in baghdad after 17 people were killed. our international editor jeremy bowen considers whether there is any chance of a cessation of the conflict at the heart of all this between israel and hamas in gaza. rafjets took off from the british base in cyprus for the long flight to hit houthi targets in yemen. other western allies also affected by houthi attacks on shipping decided not to join the american air strikes. britain said these raids do not escalate a widening war in the middle east. others in the mid
all those stories to come on the context tonight. we begin tonight as us officials say plans have been approved for a series of strikes against iranian personnel and facilities in iraq and syria but not in iran itself. they told cbs news that the action would be carried out over a number of days and that weather will be a factor in when the strikes begin. washington has been preparing to hit back at iran backed militias after three us troops were killed in a drone strike injordan. the american secretary of defence, lloyd austin, said the us had the right to retaliate after the recent attacks. this is a dangerous moment in the middle east. we will continue to work to avoid a wider conflict in the region. but we will take all necessary actions to defend the united states, our interests and our people. and we will respond when we choose, where we choose and how we choose. the latest there from lloyd austin. with me is our chief international correspondent lyse doucet. macklin,