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conservative party leadership candidate rishi sunak says he will cut the basic rate of income tax from 20% to 16% — if he becomes prime minister. horn blares the first ship carrying grain leaves the ukrainian port of odesa under an agreement brokered by turkey. the court of appeal will hold a last—minute hearing today in the case of archie battersbee — just hours before doctors are due to withdraw his life support. hello and a very good morning. englands lionesses have made histo...

the party in the stadium was carried on across england — with messages of congratulation from the queen, the prime minister and many more. it continues later. fans gathering at trafalgar square later. its a big week for news about our energy bills. we find out how much costs will be going up in october and if there could be another rise sooner than expected. ill have all the details. a big shock at the commonwealth games. world record—holder adam peaty is beaten into fourth place i...

ukrainian forces are reported to have carried out more attacks on russian hardware in the crimean peninsula. smoke was seen rising from the headquarters of russias black sea fleet in sevastapol, with moscow claiming it shot down a ukrainian drone. russia has occupied crimea since 2014 — and there have been a series of recent attacks on russian military infrastructure there. earlier, i spoke to our correspondent in the ukrainian capital kyiv, james waterhouse, and i asked him how dest...

im john roberts in for bret baier tonight. a tough examination for dr. anthony fauci as he defends his actions during the coronavirus pandemic. we may be just hours away from an executive order from president biden on immigration. as an illegal migrant is arrested for allegedly shooting two new york city police officers. and what it takes to get american hostages back home. we hear from someone who has done just that. ♪ but, first, breaking tonight, just days after the conclusion of ...

Says the border is closed? thats not going to stop people from coming across the border illegally. he can close border crossings but he cant stop people from coming across quhawnchts do is say you nor longer eligible to apply for amnesty. you know, asylum. on the basis of that if you cross illegally. and thats what he is going to say. i mean, this is like, you know what? i think clearly is he trying to deal with an issue that is politically explosive for him and the democrats, right? and republi...

Of a £6,000 spring spike could add more worry. thank you, marc ashdown. the transport secretary, grant shapps, has urged the head of the rmt union to put network rail�*s pay offer to its members for a vote. it comes as another strike on the railways today caused more serious disruption. mr shapps said the proposal of an 8% pay rise over two years was fair. the rmt general secretary says his members wont be bullied or hoodwinked into accepting a raw deal. helena wilkinson reports. a now famili...

Heres our business correspondent, marc ashdown. to motorists, it can sometimes feel like fuel prices go up like a rocket and come down like a feather. after the spring spike, they are now starting to come down, but could the government be doing more to help? research by the rac shows the 5p a litre cut in fuel duty in march is the second—lowest reduction compared to 13 european neighbours. fuel tax in portugal has been cut by the equivalent of 16p a litre. in italy, its 21p, and in germany, 25...

But its entirely different to doing things right now that would make the situation far worse and endanger peoples mortgages which is not something i want to do. motoring group the rac is urging the government to do more to help drivers with high fuel costs — accusing ministers of providing some of the least generous help in europe. petrol prices in the uk have hit record highs this year, partly down to russias invasion of ukraine. heres our business correspondent, marc ashdown. to motorists, i...

From that crisis. weve taken some tough steps together, and the good news is our economy is growing again. but we need it to grow faster. businesses have created almost 4.3 million new jobs over the last 27 months. [ applause ] >> but to recover all the jobs that were lost in that recession, weve got to have them come back faster. the truth is, the recovery sees stronger job growth than what happened during the last recession a decade ago, but the problem is the hole we have to fill is a lot dee...