Military base. Disputes continued. At the United Nations and the international courts for many years. With me is our correspondent andrew harding, one of the few people that has been to the Chagos Islands. This is a long running story. Take us through the decision today. It story. Take us through the decision today. Decision today. It is an extraordinary decision today. It is an extraordinary story. I decision today. It is an | extraordinary story. As decision today. It is an extraordinary story. As you say, it has been in the courts for a long time. A dispute that has rumbled on in the background. Most people listening to the stand watching this will never have heard of the Chagos Islands. That they might have heard of Diego Garcia, the american Military Base which is really at the heart of the dispute and this breakthrough today. The mauritian government and the British Government are framing it like this, it is about military. In the Indian Ocean. Back when mauritius won its indepen
Welcome back to bbc news. Stricter breaking news. A statement from Scotland Yard regarding mohamed fayed. They say they are aware of various allegations of sexual offences made against him over a number of years. The commander from the met said they are aware of the met said they are aware of the allegations made against the allegations made against the late Mohammed Alf fired which were reported to the mets. Each one was investigated and where appropriate advice from the Crown Prosecution Service was sought. No charges resulted from these investigations. We are committed, the statement goes on to say, that those who report them receive the best service possible from our offices and we have made progress in improving the quality of our investigations in recent years, including more than doubling our charges for rape since 2021. That is the statement just rape since 2021. That is the statementjust released rape since 2021. That is the statement just released from Scotland Yard because t
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
our main story that is dominating through the course of today. nato meeting going on in the g7 members ratified a wide ranging security pact with ukraine and that is a significant development. we have heard a variety of parties in the main leaders and news conferences, we are waiting forjoe biden and let us show you live pictures of the university because joe us show you live pictures of the university becausejoe biden is expected to appear there in the next few minutes in those pictures and introductory remarks are being made we are expecting his final news conference at the summit today and so, both of those are expected in the university for support. but we will do is we will leave those pictures there on the screen to you as we move on in terms of what we take you through in the next couple of minutes but you will not miss a minute there ofjoe biden just as soon as he starts to speak. our europe editor has been catching up with nato s secretary general as result of that n