contingencies. hello ,welcome to the programme, plenty to look forward to this evening, including joe biden s pending arrival in northern ireland. this was him departing joint base andrews earlier this afternoon. air force one expected just after nine, we will take you to live to that when it lands. elsewhere, we will discuss the latest assessment on the world economy. the imf warning today we are locked into a perilous phase of low economic growth. what does that mean for disposable income and our collective spending power? and what about those leaked us documents? the washington post reporting today that egypt, one of the united states oldest allies in the middle east, had secretly planned to supply rockets to russia. all that to come. but we start in belfast, where a huge security operation is in place tonight forjoe biden s imminent arrival. the main event, a speech tomorrow, at the new, ulster university campus. where it is understood the president will talk about the
and fight for survival. as long as people are here, lutzerath stays. brazil s supreme court will investigate the role of the former president, jair bolsonaro, in the storming of government buildings by his supporters last weekend. takeaways, restaurants, and cafes in england will have to stop using plastic cutlery, plates, and bowls from october as part of a new government plan to tackle plastic pollution. hello and welcome. iran has executed a british iranian man on charges of spying for the uk. alireza akbari, who was iran s deputy defence minister, was detained in 2019. he d denied passing sensitive information to the british government and said he was forced to confess after being tortured. the british prime minsiter rishi sunak says he s appalled by what he described as a callous and cowardly act. this report is from our diplomatic correspondent, caroline hawley. news of the execution came on state run television early this morning despite repeated last minute appeals
Two Wind Turbines onshore, which begs plenty of questions many from within the Conservative Party itself aboutjust how committed this Prime Minister is to the uks climate agenda. Today, the pressure finally told. The government caved to a backbench rebellion, announcing that it would relax Planning Permission for new onshore wind farms. Those changes will come into force immediately and will scrap a previous rule that allowed just one objection to a Planning Application for a new onshore development. The new measures will also allow communities to apply to their local council to have Wind Turbines in their area, although elected councillors will still make the final decision. Rebecca windemer is an expert on Onshore Wind Planning for the Energy Market Insight Company regen. Thank you very much for being with us. Theres been plenty of discussion within industry today about how far this goes. Is it likely to give industry enough confidence to start new investments . Frankly, no. The chan
Altering a manifesto that was only four days old. What does it tell us about theresa may . We can hearfrom one of the daily mails senior columnist. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The Prime Minister stands accused of performing a hasty u turn on her plans to reform social care in england. Just four days after publishing the conservative manifesto and following widespread controversy, theresa may claimed she was now clarifying the policy. The Prime Minister said she would consider imposing a limit on the cost of home care for the elderly. Mrs mays opponents said the about turn was the very opposite of strong and stable leadership. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg reports. Serenely rolling along, it had seemed, with only a few noises off. But an antihunting protest was the last of the tories problems today. The manifesto created a mess over social care that had to be cleared up. The original version of the tory plans were to be bundled away. It might not sound like it, but thi