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i will deliver tax cuts, but tax cuts you can believe in. i will make that happen. what i am about is about cutting people s taxes, reversing the national insurance increase to put more money in people s pockets, and making sure those that work hard, go out to work, are rewarded. if you have just joined if you havejustjoined us, a warm welcome to bbc news. in the past hour, the head of the world health organisation has declared the outbreak of monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern. the who director general says 16,000 cases of the disease have been reported in more than 75 countries, and five people have died. dr tedros says monkeypox represents a high risk in europe, with a clear risk of further international spread. we have an outbreak that has spread around the world rapidly, through new modes of transmission about which we understand too little, and which meets the criteria in the international health regulations. for all of these reasons, i have de
there s been widespread condemnation of a russian missile attack on the ukrainian port city of odesa only one day after moscow signed a deal with kyiv to enable the export of grain through odesa and other ports. ukraine s president, volodymyr zelensky, said russia would always find ways not to keep its promises. these are pictures of the port after the attack. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, also condemned the missile strike, saying that full implementation of the grain deal made between russia, ukraine and turkey was imperative. the bbc europe regional editor paul moss has been following the latest developments. i russian mp was talking to bbc radio and said, we have attacked military infrastructure at odesa pot, destroying harpoon missiles there, no civilians injured or killed, he said. he said we didn t damage any grain storage facility. hot on what is going on. it sounds like they are saying they attacked the poor but they were going for weapons, not anything