welcome to bbc news. labour s election manifesto has been formally approved by the party leadership and will be published next week. jeremy corbyn said the policies would be fully costed and would prove to be very popular with voters. some of those policies had already been revealed after a version of the document was leaked overnight. it included proposals to re nationalise the railways and to scrap university tuition fees in england. our political editor laura kuenssberg has more on the campaign events of the day. they wondered what exactly was going on, and you might too. this was meant to be the grand unveiling of a labour poster, albeit on a waste ground in south london. but the party leader was nowhere to be seen. it s got a terrific slogan. jeremy corbyn should have been selling the slogan. he d been promised as top billing. but after the astonishing leak of a draft of labour s complete manifesto. ..we were told he had other things to do. mr lavery, mr gwynne, where s
don t you understand english? please, please, please, let s be respectul. it comes as ukip says theresa may has some responsibility for the manchester bombing. and net migration to the uk falls by 84,000 most of those leaving the country were eu citizens. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a major international row has erupted after key images from the investigation into the manchester arena terror attack were leaked to the new york times by us intelligence officials. police here condemned the leak, which could have damaged the investigation. and said they would now limit the amount of information they re willing to share with counterparts in america. today, president trump promised to root out the source of the leak, which he called deeply troubling . in other developments, officers investigating the attack have described the arrests made so far as significant , eight people remain in custody; 75 people injured in the attack remain remain in hospital, 23, including
reported killed following explosions at a funeral in the afghan capital kabul. at least six six people have been reported killed. hope for ovarian cancer patients as a new drug shows promising results, shrinking tumours. and at 3:30pm, a look at how social media can impact the general election. that s click, coming up in half an hour. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. theresa may has insisted that conservative party policy on income tax has not changed. one of her senior cabinet colleagues had suggested that the tax would not go up even for higher earners. the tory manifesto does not include a promise on income tax, but in a newspaper interview the defence secretary, sir michael fallon, said the only way people could be sure of not paying more tax was to vote conservative. meanwhile, the labour leader jeremy corbyn has accused the conservatives of being in chaos over their tax plans. our political correspondent leila nathoo reports. the last push to win over undec
ahead of her benefit concert tomorrow evening. six people have been reported killed following explosions at a funeral in the afghan capital kabul. also in this hour. powerful results for one of the largest clinical trails to treat prostate cancer. and for ovarian cancer patients, as a new drug also shows promising results, shrinking tumours. and later on bbc news a personal account ofjewish refugee who fled the nazi s in 1939, but was forced to return to europe after being denied entry by us authorities. that s coming up in witness at a50. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. theresa may has insisted that conservative party policy on income tax has not changed. one of her senior cabinet colleagues had suggested that the tax would not go up, even for higher earners. the tory manifesto does not include a promise on income tax, but in a newspaper interview the defence secretary, sir michael fallon, said the only way people could be sure of not paying more tax was to vote
worst ever life. we know he is going to go. we don t even get a say on what will happen. so called islamic state under siege in syria. american led forces surround is fighters in raqqa. good morning. there s no need for men to wear a tie in the house of commons from now on says the speaker of the house so this morning i ll be seeing if formal dress codes at work are on their way out. in sport three days before wimbledon, the british number one johanna konta, recovers from a heavy fall at eastbourne, to beat the world number one, angelique kerber. and we ll hear the tale of menai the tropical sea turtle found washed up on a north wales beach earlier this year, thousands of miles from home. we ll hear how she s edging closer to a return to the wild. and sarah has the weather. good morning. a cloudy day with drizzle in the north and west. sunshine and showers towards the south east. sunshine and showers towards the south-east. details in 15 minutes. good morning. first, our