of politico, and miles taylor, former chief of staff at the department of homeland security in the trump administration. speaking of which, more legal jeapordy for donald trump. his closest adviser and lawyer, boris epshteyn, was due to be interviewed today by the special counsel. nobody knows more than epshteyn. so what does that tell us? and two teenagers charged with murder over a mass shooting in alabama at a 16th birthday party. in north carolina, a six year old girl shot while recovering her basketball that rolled into a neighbours yard in north carolina. what is going on in the united states right now? so many young people being shot simply for being in the wrong place. we will get to all that. but we start tonight with dominic raab. westminster waiting all day for a verdict, but nothing yet. what we do know is that the prime minister has been handed a report into dominic raab s workplace conduct, but no news from number ten yet as to what he makes of it or what it m
and homes swamped. those are your headlines on bbc news. those are your headlines on bbc news. now its time for click. it s a pretty spectacular view from earth orbit. and there are plenty of things that have been viewed this days, couple of space stations, bounces of satellites. and more and more companies want to put stuff up there. did you know the closer you are to the equator the easier it is to get things up to right speed in orbit? that s because that s where the earth is spinning fastest to give you launch an extra wind. and that s where the uk spaceport is way down south in cornwall. yup. and that s why it was there earlier in the year, the virgin orbit attempted the first satellite launch in uk soil. the uk s first functioning spaceport is here in cornwall. we re creating huge clusters of technology. global value of the space economy is somewhere in the region of $360 billion, to the uk it s 60 and half billion pounds. every single year. uk airport usually host smal
caused severe flooding. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk, on pbs in the us, or around the world. at least seven people are reported to have been shot dead at a synagogue in eastjerusalem, with others injured. the incident happened in the city s neve yaakov neighbourhood at around 8:15pm in the evening local time. israel s ambulance service reported 10 casualties in total, some of them seriously wounded. israel s police department called the incident a terror attack and said that the suspected attacker had been neutralised . we will bring you more later in the programme with our correspondent in jerusalem. the us city of memphis is anticipating the release of police video of an arrest that led to the death of the black man, tyre nichols. five police officers, who are also black, are facing murder charges. lawyers for the family say the swift dismissal and charging of the police officers involved should be the blueprint for similar cases in the future. his fami
down and manage expectations that labour would suddenly be able to change that in a matter of weeks. there is a concern among some in labour that the excitement from some would quickly turn to disappointment when that realisation hits. i think what we know from what labour have said about the speech is keir starmer will say the uk faces huge constraints on public spending. and that anyone expecting a labour government to quickly turn on the spending tops will be disappointed. and hanging heavy in the air here in westminster is that election next year, is the prospect of that. and knowing the economy will be central to it, the debate around the economy and who is trusted most to govern the public finance will be a central part of that election, and really keir starmer in the speech this afternoon is trying to pitch himself and the labour party as the party of economic credibility. he will also say, make and point taxes are higher than at any point since the war. he will be lay
challenges for customers to earn bonus points could be pushing people to spend more than they can afford. that s the warning from consumer groups. i ll be taking a look. in sport it s the start of a new adventure for emma hayes. we hear how she s settling in to her new manager role in the united states as she prepares to lead them into the olympics this summer. to lead them into the quite to lead them into the a cloudy start this morning. some quite a cloudy start this morning. some outbreaks of rain out there, but things should brighten up. a bit of sunshine developing in the afternoon. all of the details shortly. it s thursday 30th may. our main story. the conservatives and labour have both ruled out increasing vat if they are elected in five weeks time. the promises have raised questions about how the parties will fund their spending plans, and deliver on their commitments if they win the elction. our political correspondent damian grammaticas has this report. midnight