we will bring you more from our correspondent outside a hospital in a moment. a leading think tank, the institute for fiscal studies, has accused the main political parties of a conspiracy of silence over the economic reality behind plans set out in their election manifestos. the ifs analysed how the policies could impact the public finances and what that could mean for household incomes, public services and taxation. in its scathing assessment it said the parties were ducking the issues, by relying on faster growth to deliver more tax, which it said was far from guaranteed. it also warned the next government faced having to find new ways to raise taxes, or leave some public services exposed to billions of pounds worth of cuts. this a flavour of what the director of the ifs, pauljohnson, had to say. low growth, high debt, high interest payments mean we need to do something quite rare over the next few years just to stop debt spiralling ever upwards we need to run primar
flights and then you went on to book the hotel accommodation, then it really depends on the different terms conditions for your individual travel arrangements. as you said, some airlines are continuing to operate flights. however, they have also announced different policies in terms of whether passengers do or don t have to go on those flights if they wish to rebook, or move their flight to another date. so if you are due to travel and you booked everything separately, i would say, have a look at the information from your airline to find out if your flight is still going ahead and then discuss with them your options. if your flight has been cancelled, then you should be offered a chance to rebook for a later date or a chance to get you re a refund on the cost of that flight. and then you ll also need to look at what the policies are around your hotel accommodation, and i think i recommend checking out your travel insurance policies. 0k. and emma, you said that there might be other opti
want to bring you something happening right now. reports of a shooting at a mall in durham, north carolina. these are live pictures over the scene. police were called to the streets at the southpoint in the center in the city after the large fight broke out. local officials are confirming that one person was shot and the mall is on lockdown. we ll let you know more as we hear it. again, we re following this and update it as we get information. so as we ve been reporting tonight, the u.s. will limit travel from south africa and seven other nations starting monday. so let s talk to the senior editor. what he makes of this. a lot of travel insurance policies being exercised today. yeah, avid travelers out there. there s a certain safety net
stand . another saying it could put civilians in the cross hairs. both officials say they don t know what form a final offensive might take. recent nato air strikes are clearly upping the ante. our people there telling us they are under way again tonight, loud explosions being heard in tripoli within the past hour. opposition forces telling us they re making use of the air attacks to try to make progress on the ground. those forces now in the middle of a major push on zawhi, the keyport city on tripoli s doorstep. fierce artillery fire could be heard today. opposition fighters telling our sara sidener they could become moving on the capital within a matter of days. that could just be optimistic talk on their part. meantime the opposition says a orm libyan prime minister has defected, fleeing tripoli with his family. no sign, though, that his former boss, muammar gadhafi, is going anywhere. and that s the potential problem. a potentially very violent and bloody problem. joinin