One of the worlds greatest footballers, lionel messi, is leaving barcelona after more than 20 years. The International Olympic Committee says its ordered two belarusian coaches to leave the Athletes Village to protect the rest of their team. Greece has been plunged into an unprecedented environmental crisis, according to the countrys Prime Minister. Days of heatwaves have turned the country into a Powder Keg and he predicts the worst is yet to come with strong westerly winds expected to fan the flames. As Mark Lobel reports, villagers are coming under pressure to abandon their homes, as villages like these burn, the greek Prime Minister is urging extreme caution. Houses can be rebuilt, he says, trees can regrow, however human life cannot be replaced. But abandoning your home is never easy in your 70s. Translation leave and go where, and let my house burn . If we had left, this place would have burned. We told the women and elderly and kids to go, and whoever was able stay to help, howe
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at least ten people have been reported killed following explosions at a funeral in the afghan capital kabul. hope for ovarian cancer patients as a new drug shows promising results, shrinking tumours. and coming up, a look at istanbul 3,000 years of history in a city straddling two continents that s in the travel show at 10:30. at 2:30pm. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. theresa may has insisted that conservative party policy on income tax has not changed. one of her senior cabinet colleagues had suggested that the tax would not go up even for higher earners. the tory manifesto does not include a promise on income tax, but in a newspaper interview the defence secretary, sir michael fallon, said the only way people could be sure of not paying more tax was to vote conservative. 0ur political correspondent leila nathoo reports. the last push to win over undecided voters and shore up support among the tory base. theresa may forced to clarify the conservative s tax po
they received £3 million for the last paralympic cycle. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. nearly every local authority in england is planning to raise council taxes in the coming year, most of them by 5%, to help meet the rising cost of social care. but the local government association, which represents councils, has warned that deep cuts to other services will still have to be made because of the huge cost of looking after growing numbers of elderly and disabled people. here s our social affairs correspondent alison holt. yes, and you ll be fine. this is social care in action. good girl. and i will be behind you. after several falls, 80 year old maureen edwards is being given support that will mean she regains some independence and rebuilds her confidence. it means she and her husband can cope at home. according to today s survey, the sheer demand for this sort of care is the reason why most local authorities in england plan to raise council tax. that was w
and what a night ahead for sutton united as they host a mighty fa cup match tonight against arsenal at their south london stadium. welcome to bbc news. the legislation designed to allow the government to start the process of brexit takes to the lords this afternoon. it s already been overwhelmingly backed by mps and in just under 30 minutes, peers will open their scrutiny of the bill to trigger article 50. many have already indicated they ll seek to amend the wording on issues such as the single market or allowing eu nationals to stay. theresa may said this morning she didn t want to see anyone holding up what the british people want. let s go live to westminster and speak to oui’ go live to westminster and speak to our correspondent at the houses of parliament, layla nathoo. this is the first time we ll hear from the lords, the first time peers will have their say on the principle of brexit and the government s plans to trigger article 50. we have heard that theresa may he