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Bring in the uk up to speed is the message from labour, as they aim to bring ultrafast broadband to eve ryo ne bring ultrafast broadband to everyone in the uk over the next ten yea rs if everyone in the uk over the next ten years if they win the general election. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9 00am. You join us for a special your questions answered programme where borisjohnson will be taking questions from members of the public in an hour long live phone in on the bbc news channel, radio 5 live. We will be heading to our studio in salford shortly. Its not too late to send in your questions. Over the course of the Election Campaign we hope to put questions from you to the leaders of all the Political Parties. But first a major policy announcement from labour, who planned to deliver fast and free full fibre to every household and business by 2030 and will part nationalise bt to deliver that and tax tech giants to cover the costs, which labour estimates at £20 billion. Her
Controversies and it is also true this country still stands then, as now, for democracy, the rule of law for the fight against racial and religious i move and mr. Speaker, this whole house is united in defending those values around the world. With your permission, ill make a statement about the g7 summit. Tracts of thest amazon rain forest are on fire, free trade is in retreat, 100 Million Girls worldwide are not in education, our oceans are being polluted. It has never been more important for britain to use our voice for change and progress. Certainly by exerting our influence on a global level and sticking up for our values and our beliefs that we can create the International Context for britain to prosper and ensure this is the greatest place on earth to invest. Case for7, i made the free trade as an engine of thaterity and progress lift citizens out of poverty and the reality, the World Economy has been stagnant over the last decade. In the latest declaration, the g7 unanimously en
From englands ashes tour game following an incident in a bar in perth. And coming up in half an hour, 100 women is in the brazilian city of rio dejaneiro, tackling the issue of sexism in sport. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The foreign secretary, borisjohnson, is in iran, where hes pressing the authorities to release Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe and others with british iranian dual citizenship on humanitarian grounds. Mrs Zaghari Ratcliffe is serving a five year prison term on charges of spying and trying to overthrow the iranian government, which she denies. Adina campbell reports. A big day for the British Foreign secretary. Ahead of a highly anticipated meeting, borisjohnson greeted by his iranian counterpart, looked keen to get the discussions off to a quick start. Where the topic of the imprisonment of dual nationals will be high on the agenda. One of them is nazanin zaghair ratcliffe, seen here with her daughter, who she has been away from since being arrested in tehran 18
Says it is actually 4. 5 billion, not 10 billion. That is quite a big difference. Mr. Speaker, part of the reason for the strain on our National Health services is that more than one Million People are not receiving the social care that they need. Mr. Corbyn as a result of this, there has been an increase in emergency admissions for older patients. Margaret wrote to me this week saying, it is not funny, [crosstalk] mr. Corbyn she described how her 89yearold mother suffered two falls, leading to hospital admissions due to lack of care. She went on to say, my mother is worth more than this. What action will the Prime Minister take to stop the neglect of older people which ends up forcing them to take a e admissions . When they should be cared for at home or in a care home . Pm may of course social care is an area of concern and social care is a key issue for many people. That is why the government has introduced Better Care Fund and why the government government has introduced the social