recover back to the seasonal average as we go through the course of the weekend. but it is going to be rather wet and windy at times. until then, still chilly for the time of year. bye bye. this is bbc news, the headlines after refusing to resign over leaving d day commemorations early in an interview with the bbc the prime minister insists he is the person to lead the country so, the choice for everybody, only one or two people, keir starmer or myself, a vote for anyone who is not a conservative candidate makes it more likely keir starmer is that person. the liberal democrats launch their manifesto, with the focus on the nhs and social care. the party is promising to spend, an extra nine billion pounds. us secretary of state antony blinken arrives in tel aviv to push for a gaza ceasefire deal between israel and hamas. and initial autopsy results on the body of television presenter michael mosley, who died on the greek island of symi, show he died of natural causes. at the
tax for the big banks. 0ur political correspondent jessica parker reports. leader of the liberal democrats, ed davey! applause. a day to make some noise. the liberal democrats have been loudly declaring that the nhs and social care is in crisis. with a leader who has spoken about his experience of caring for his disabled son and previously his mother. after years of conservative chaos and neglect, the scale of the challenge is enormous, so our manifesto doesn t shy away from that. we are putting forward a bold, ambitious and fully costed plan to tackle the health and care crisis from top to bottom. this is a manifesto to save the nhs. crisis from top to bottom. the lib dems are pledging to give everyone the right to see a gp within seven days or 2a hours if urgent. provide free at home care for the elderly and disabled. and guarantee access to an nhs dentist in an emergency. the party also wants to lift the two child benefit cap, increase aviation taxes on people who frequent
Today. Its five oclock. Our main story. Two british medical students who travelled to join so called Islamic State almost two years ago have been killed in fighting in the iraqi city of mosul. They were pa rt of a group of british medics, many of them of sudanese origin, whojoined is in 2015. Our Home Affairs Correspondent Daniel Sandford reports. The Young British medic who travel to join so called Islamic State, then made a Propaganda Video to encourage others to follow. Ahmed sadi khider was seen in 2015 a p pa re ntly sadi khider was seen in 2015 apparently pitching is medical stu d e nts apparently pitching is medical students anatomy and appealing for other doctors tojoin the self declared caliphate. Other doctors tojoin the selfdeclared caliphate. All the people who specialise, surgeons, anything where you can help would be great, there will be great reward. And this isjihad. He was one of a group of around a dozen british students, mostly from sudanese families, who all studied
With the Self Employed and drinkers bearing the cost of extra help for social care and business. And in the film review mark kermode gives us his verdict on the viceroys house and the rest of this weeks top releases. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The chancellor Phillip Hammond has played down expectations of big Spending Announcements in the budget on wednesday, saying that britain needs fuel in the tank as it prepares to leave the European Union. With Labour Calling for increased spending on Public Services, including health and social care the chancellor says that although the economy is performing well, Spending Sprees would be reckless. Hes also warned the eu that britain will fight back if brexit talks end without a deal. Heres our Political Correspondent Eleanor Garnier. These days, a Long Shadow Cast itself over westminster and whitehall. Brexit is dominating politics, and as the chancellor makes his spending plans, it dominates his calculations, too. I regard myjob as c