rachel reeves, the shadow chancellor, is there and they promise they will bring back the rate of interest tax to fund nhs staff. other news this afternoon. a moment of history in italy georgia meloni looks set to become its first far right leader since the second world war and its first female prime minister. a school shooting in russia has left at least 13 people dead, seven of them children. and nasa prepare to crash a space probe into an asteroid to find out how hard it would be to save the planet. welcome to bbc news, very good to have your company and it is going to be a busy afternoon. the pound fell overnight to its lowest level against the dollar for half a century. asian markets were reacting in part to the government s announcement last week of tax cuts and increased borrowing to pay for them. of course, that had come too late for their trading week on friday. at one stage, sterling plunged to around $1.03, before regaining ground. a weaker pound raises the cost
Did it in the name of god. So federal Prosecutors Office saying they believe it to be a Terror Attack so they do think it is terror related in belgium. We will speak to our correspondent as soon as we can. Before that let us quickly get a check on the sport. Thank you very much. More places can be confirmed for the European Championship this evening. There is an important game in group b, greece host the netherlands. Still goalless at half time. Austria have qualified after a win in aber azerbaijan. Bosnia are heavily losing to portugal at the moment. All of the scores on the bbc website. On tuesday england had the chance to seal their spot in heroes when they take on italy. A draw will be enough at wembley. Jordan henderson is expected to start. He is now playing in the Saudi Pro League after being substituted he was booed off on friday. The manager Gareth Southgate is expected to ring the changes. It is expected to ring the changes. It is the first time the sides have won at wembley
As railway workers prepare to walk off the job, France is preparing for major travel disruptions on Friday and over the weekend. The CEO of train operator SNCF has warned that the strikes will target…