treasury officials , labour s policies would result in a £2,000 tax rise for every working family. the conservatives say they stand by their figures. it has been confirmed as expected that narendra modi will becomes india s prime minister for a third time. the 73 year old found himself unexpectedly reliant on a number of smaller parties to reach a parliamentary majority, after his own party fell short of the 272 needed to form the next government. it may mean that in power he will need to be more concialatory than he has previously. a boeing spacecraft carrying two nasa astronauts is on its maiden voyage after a successful launch from cape caneveral this morning. this is starliners first crewed mission after years of costly setbacks. the astronauts, butch wilmore and suni williams, will spend one day in orbit before docking with the international space station. the first of two days of events have been taking place to mark the 80th anniversary of the normandy landings. k
king charles, queen camilla, prince william and the prime minister rishi sunak were in portsmouth today. five years ago, there were 225 veterans travelled to normandy for the commemorations but it is a dwindling number, this year there were just 23 who travelled. good evening. the first televised debate of this campaign was styled by the media in the manner of a title fight. if that is what it was then the prime minister needed more than just a points victory. this morning papers declared rishi sunak the winner, starmer on the ropes over tax , said the telegraph. but by lunchtime maybe the judges were questioning whether that knock out punch was more resembling, of a low blow. the shadow front benchers called rishi sunak a liar over this claim which the labour leader, seemed slow to dismiss.