from the white house, mark, good morning. benjamin, good morning to you. the white house is not disputing that the president wants to raise taxes, but the plan to target wealthy americans, but there s plans starting to grow against tax increases and the president wants to use money funding the american families plan. 1.5 trillion in spending to go out and call on congress to use the money to fund a number of different projects out there, including child care, education and social programs. the president is not talking about this proposal yet. he did not speak to reporters as he left for delaware this morning, but on friday, the white house press secretary previewed who is going to be impacted by this proposal. what i can say, it will only affect people making more than $1 million a year. that s .3% of taxpayers, or three out of every 1,000 taxpayers, that s even at the top 1% saw their net worth rise by four trillion in the middle of a historic pandemic. republicans are
wooten release body cam video worn by deputies during this shooting death of andrew brown jr. you can see them gathering here outside of the american legend they re having a cookout this follows press conference few hours ago where the naacp president locally here in the county name is keith rivers he s calling for the resignation of sheriff houten. listen. sheriff wooten, for today if you want to release these tapes as sheriff or not the sheriff. on behalf of the county branch, we today are calling for his resignation. and jon, they also would like the north carolina law about releasing body cams named for andrew brown, it is a different process in the state of north carolina body cam video has to be released pursuant to court order to the public. now, we do have an update that is that sheriff tommy wooten took to facebook with a message a few hours ago saying that he intends to try to facilitate release possibly as soon as monday here s a little bit of what sheriff woot
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. pope francis has held a symbolic meeting with one of the most powerful figures in shia islam on the second day of his landmark trip to iraq. the pope s encounter with grand ayatollah ali al sistani, the spiritual leader of millions of shia muslims, took place in the holy city of najaf. it is the pontiff s first international trip since the start of the pandemic and the first ever papal visit to iraq. our rome correspondent mark lowen is travelling with the pope and has sent us this report from the city of ur. if the first day of the pope francis s visit to iraq was about the politics and about meeting the country s dwindling christian community, today was about the outreach towards other faiths. most notably a meeting this morning with the country s top shia cleric, grand ayatollah ali al sistani, bringing together the leader of the world s catholics with perhaps the most powerful and influential figure in
in the fourth test to secure the series 3 1. hello and welcome, if you re watching in the uk or around the world. pressure is mounting on the uk government over its proposed pay offer of i% for health workers in england, after it was claimed that a long term plan had assumed an increase of double that. nhs providers, which represents trusts in england, accused ministers of snatching planned pay rises from the pockets of deserving nhs staff. four health unions have written to the chancellor, urging him to reconsider. our health editor, hugh pym, reports. nhs providers is the first employers group to wade into the health service pay row in england. it argues that a long term government financial plan for the nhs in 2019 included a commitment to pay staff a wage increase ofjust over 2% from this april. the organisation said the pandemic has strengthened the case for better staff pay, so it was very disappointing that only i% was now being proposed. government sources said ther
in cricket, india thrash england by an innings and 25 runs in the fourth test to secure the series 3 1. and the fate of the uighurs has become a geopolitical issue, but is anything going to change? we ll be finding out in half an hour s time, on hardtalk. good afternoon. if you have just joined if you havejustjoined us, welcome to bbc news. the group representing health service trusts, nhs providers, hasjoined unions in saying the government s proposed 1% pay rise for health service staff in england is not enough. ministers have defended the rise, saying the pandemic had placed unprecedented strain on public finances. here s our political correspondent, jessica parker. pulling up a very public row about this week s i% pay offer with claims an increase of 2.1% had been baked in as part of a longer term settlement. which is actually enshrined in an act of parliament, so we have got a really strong legal basis here to say that that pay rise was there. obviously, that was all set