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On the shelves, so that is why we have written this letter along with 1700 other groups, business leaders, academics and charities asking the government to reverse course. it is notjust government to reverse course. it is not just us, government to reverse course. it is notjust us, it is many conservative mps and labour mps, the un secretary general himself called these cuts a death sentence. that might sound quite stark but for many it is that extreme. two teenage boys have been charged with th...

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Sayida would love to go to school. the uk bangladesh education trust applied for government funding to expand its programme to help girls working as domestic servants learn to read, write and count, but it was told the fund from which it hoped to get a grant had closed because of cuts to the foreign aid budget. over 1700 charities, business leaders and academics have now signed a letter pleading with the government to change its mind. in it they write that without an about turn, the uks credibil...

British armed forces who died after the d—day landings. el salvador says it wants to be the first country to adopt bitcoin as an official currency. charities are warning that cuts to foreign aid are casting a shadow over the uks influence and the g7 summit. ill be back at midday with the latest news. right now on bbc news, its time for dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline london. this week we are asking should the uk unlock from covid restrictions or not?

Uk pupils are urged to take a covid test before returning to school after half term, amid rising infections. el salvador says it wants to be the first country to adopt bitcoin as an official curency. charities are warning that cuts to foreign aid are casting a shadow, over the uks influence at the g7 summit. hello and welcome to bbc news. a memorial to commemorate british and commonwealth serviceman who died on d—day is to be unveiled in normandy this morning. the monument honours more than 22...

A place of contemplation and quiet memory. more than 1700 charities, business leaders and academics have signed a letter warning that government cuts to foreign aid of almost £4 billion a year will hit the worlds poorest communities and mean families go hungry. conservative mps are threatening a rebellion in the commons tomorrow. ministers say the pandemic means spending has to be temporarily cut, and it will still spend more than £10 billion this year on aid. heres our political correspondent...

Can see why it can work as a currency for the whole world whereas bitcoin can only process three transactions per second. there is no way that network that can only process that much could ever become money for the whole world so im glad the president is interested in bitcoin, but i hope it will spread to cryptocurrencies in general, about a decade light on that one. the former us president, donald trump, has demanded that china pay ten trillion dollars in payment to america and the world for th...

What has been said about that this morning? yeah, government under pressure on two fronts, actually, on this. last year, the chancellor, rishi sunak, announced that the uk was going to cut the amount it spent on foreign aid from 0.7% of the national income to 0.5%, which is about £4 billion. so there is parliamentary pressure because tomorrow, a group of conservative mps and others are trying to get that overturned, they are hoping to be able to use a parliamentary decision to try to overturn t...

More now on that letter writtern to the uk government — asking it to reverse the decision to cut foreign aid this year. one of the charities which has signed the letter to the government is save the children — it says cuts to the uk aid budget have caused "devastation" in the worlds poorest communities. kirsty mcneill is the executive director of policy, advocacy and campaigns there. she explained what the cut would mean to the people who need it. we see that lives are on the line tomorrow w...

Than 1700 charities, business and academics written to the british government, calling on it to keep its can provide fitment. helen catt reports. rishi sunak announced late last year he was going to cut uk aid budget from 0.7% of national income to 0.5%, reduction about £4 million. at the time is said it was temporary and because of the pandemic. in a letter the charities say it is having a real impact, as a result families are going hungry, girls are not going to school and vaccines are expiri...