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care of, for a change. i the chancellor is rasing some of the cash from a one—off tax on oil and gas companies. well have their reaction, too. also tonight... the texas primary school mass shooting — questions about how long it took for police to challenge the gunman. up to an hour, some say. the actor kevin spacey has been charged with four counts of sexual assault against three men. the allegations date back to when he was in the uk. abba as youve never seen them before. a0 years...

following the mass shooting at a school in texas, local police are now being blamed for a slow response. we meet the mother of two boys, both of whom were apparently forced to serve in the russian army, despite president putins assurances. and from the palace archives — the rare images of the queens life being shared with the public for the first time. and coming up on the bbc news channel, we have the latest from the french open, with another win for world number one iga swiatek, bu...

the us says that china remains the biggest challenge to the international order despite the immediate threat posed by russia. this is bbc news. its newsday. its newsday. welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin tonight in texas where the police are facing criticism for how they responded to the mass school shooting in uvalde on tuesday. some parents say officers appeared hesitant to confront the teenage gunman after he barricaded himself ...

In the uk — the chancellor rishi sunak has said his £15—billion or about $19—billion package of support for energy bills is about keeping a promise to stand by the british people. every uk household will get £1100, thats around $504 with those on the lowest incomes and pensioners getting hundreds of pounds more. mr sunak said a third of the cost would be met by a new temporary profits tax on oil and gas companies. 0ur political editor chris mason has the details. its the one thing that e...

Part of it will come from a temporary windfall tax of 25% on the profits of oil and gas companies. that will raise £5 billion. that tax is precisely what some opposition parties have been calling for since january, prompting the shadow chancellor to say mr sunak had been dragged "kicking and screaming" into a u—turn. heres our political editor, chris mason. it is the one thing that everybody is talking about.— it is the one thing that everybody is talking about. leila tells me the customers...