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Transcripts For BBCNEWS BBC News Now 20240828

In kyiv, regional air Defence Systems were deployed several times to repel missiles and drones targeting the capital. Yesterday, russia launched one of its biggest attacks on ukraine since the start of the war. Lets speak to maria mezentseva, mp for kharkiv. Thank you very much for coming on The Programme. Thank you very much for coming on The Programme thank you very much for coming on The Programme. Thank you for having me. Talk The Programme. Thank you for having me talk us The Programme. Thank you for having me. Talk us through The Programme. Thank you for having me. Talk us through the The Programme. Thank you for having me. Talk us through the impact The Programme. Thank you for having me. Talk us through the impact of. Me. Talk us through the impact of the two days me. Talk us through the impact of the two days now me. Talk us through the impact of the two days now of me. Talk us through the impact of the two days now of strikes. Me. Talk us through the impact of the two days now of strikes. The | the two days now of strikes. The strikes are the two days now of strikes. Tie strikes are happening the two days now of strikes. Tte strikes are happening across the two days now of strikes. Tt2 strikes are happening across ukraine on a daily basis, but such massive ones we havent experienced for a while. The independence day, the flag day for instance, my home city of kharkiv, they went very smooth and quite peaceful, but the day after and yesterdays night was very severe, shelling with different types of missiles, cruise missiles, hypersonic, various types of drones, from iran and different types of bombs coming from north korea. All of these are following on children and civilians across ukraine. Wherever you go, whether it be the furthest western city or my home city of kharkiv, odesa, the northern part are even the home city of president zelensky kryvyi rih, where this night unfortunately peaceful citizens and residing in a hotel were targeted, two were killed and many more wounded. A masked terrorist attack. fin many more wounded. A masked terrorist attack. Terrorist attack. On all those attacks, what terrorist attack. On all those attacks, what is terrorist attack. On all those attacks, what is it terrorist attack. On all those attacks, what is it ukraine i terrorist attack. On all those attacks, what is it ukraine needs to prevent them . Attacks, what is it ukraine needs to prevent them . Currently we have two main coal prevent them . Currently we have two main goal is prevent them . Currently we have two main goal is to prevent them . Currently we have two main goal is to achieve prevent them . Currently we have two main goal is to achieve with main goal is to achieve with addressing international community. Point number one, this is to gain more systems of air defence like for instance to be stationed at the border to protect civilians. Point number two, to lift up the limitation the usage of long range missiles such as storm shadow. Here we need the support of the uk government, france and the us, all the nato members. This is very crucial for the purpose of not having. For having this limitation, we were forced to create sort of a buffer zone in kursk region where today Ukrainian Army moved ahead for several kilometres, where Ukrainian Army is fulfilling International Humanitarian law on the ground, delivering food and medication to those russian people who are staying in russia has left behind, who they dont care about. Also the prisoners of war. We are now aside have captured them according to International Humanitarian law. We hope to have another big swap as soon as we can but russians are capturing civilians, which is illegal, and we hope to break all of them back which is our main goal. Here we do hope for wider allies to help us with this purpose. For wider allies to help us with this purpose for wider allies to help us with this purpose. Maria mezentseva, thank ou this purpose. Maria mezentseva, thank you for this purpose. Maria mezentseva, thank you for coming this purpose. Maria mezentseva, thank you for coming on this purpose. Maria mezentseva, thank you for coming on the thank you for coming on The Programme. Rafael grossi, head of the un nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic energy agency, is to visit russias Kursk Nuclear plant on tuesday to independently assess events following ukraines cross border offensive into the russian region. Russian president Vladimir Putin last week accused ukraine of trying to attack the Kursk Nuclear power plant, which is less than 50 kilometres from fighting between russian and ukrainian forces. The iaea said russian authorities told them that Drone Fragments were found last thursday roughly 100 metres from the plants spent fuel Nuclear Storage facility. In the uk, Prime Minister sir keir starmer has delivered a major speech in Downing Street vowing to reverse what hes called a Decade Of Decline under the previous conservative government. The pm has warned the budget in october will be painful and asked the country to accept short term pain for long term good. The tories have dismissed the speech as a performative attempt to distract the public from promises sir keir never had any intention of keeping. Heres a little of what he said. Ill have to turn to the country and make big asks of you, as well, to accept short term pain for long term good, the difficult trade off for the genuine solution. And i know that after all that you have been through, that is a really big ask and really difficult to hear. That is not the position we should be in. Its not the position i want to be in, but we have to end the politics of the easy answer that solves nothing. Live now to our Political Correspondent rob watson. Just talk us through what keir starmer is trying to do with this beach. I starmer is trying to do with this beach. ~ � ,. , beach. I think its fairly straightforward beach. I think its fairly i straightforward actually, beach. I think its fairly straightforward actually, lewis, beach. I think its fairly straightforward actually, lewis, he is basically saying to the country that we have inherited a terrible mess and the purpose of doing that is, if you like, to set the framework for the political debate in the uk over the next ten years, and that is to say, look, to fix ms is not going to be quick and easy, its even going to be painful was the word he used, and things will get worse before they get better. So its about framing the political discourse in this country and preparing voters for some tricky times ahead. Preparing voters for some tricky times ahead preparing voters for some tricky times ahead. �. , , times ahead. And what has been the reaction to this times ahead. And what has been the reaction to this from times ahead. And what has been the reaction to this from opposition reaction to this from Opposition Conservatives . Im reaction to this from Opposition Conservatives . Reaction to this from Opposition Conservatives . Im sure you can ruess conservatives . Im sure you can guess the conservatives . Im sure you can guess the answer conservatives . Im sure you can guess the answer to conservatives . Im sure you can guess the answer to that, conservatives . Im sure you can| guess the answer to that, lewis. Conservatives . Im sure you can i guess the answer to that, lewis. It is that labour is overdoing the gloom about the state of the uk economy and finances, and this is all about labour trying to do what it always wants to do, the conservatives would say, which is paid Public Sector unions more money and raise taxes. Interestingly, also and raise taxes. Interestingly, also a group that advocates at lower levels of taxation has also criticised the tenor of the speech saying, look, if you really want to prioritise growth, you need to be careful about things like expectations of rises in Capital Gains taxes because that discourages investment. ~ ,. , investment. When questioned, he said he didnt want investment. When questioned, he said he didnt want to investment. When questioned, he said he didnt want to preempt investment. When questioned, he said he didnt want to preempt the he didnt want to pre empt the budget, just remind us what is the budget when it comes . The important thin about budget when it comes . The important thing about the budget when it comes . The important thing about the budget budget when it comes . The important thing about the budget in budget when it comes . The important thing about the budget in this thing about the budget in this country is that it sets how much the government is intending to raise taxation and sets out the Growth Expectations and levels of Public Spending as well, so in other words it is the very nuts and bolts of governance in this country. From what keir starmer was saying, clearly its going to be a pretty painful affair all around, with tax increases no doubt and of course a squeeze on Public Spending. And why all of that matters is that taxes in this country are already at a 70 year high and people already feel as though Public Services, things people rely on like schools, transport, they are already stretched. Transport, they are already stretched. ,. ,. , transport, they are already stretched. ,. , stretched. Ok, rob, thank you for that. We stretched. Ok, rob, thank you for that we are stretched. Ok, rob, thank you for that. We are going stretched. Ok, rob, thank you for that. We are going to stretched. Ok, rob, thank you for that. We are going to dig stretched. Ok, rob, thank you for that. We are going to dig down i that. We are going to dig down into some of the numbers, what it means for peoples pockets. Lets speak to pauljohnson director of the institute for fiscal studies. An independent Economics Research institute. Thanks for coming on The Programme, just talk us through what you made from the broad brush speech from the Prime Minister. He from the broad brush speech from the Prime Minister. Prime minister. He is setting out somethin Prime Minister. He is setting out something we Prime Minister. He is setting out something we have Prime Minister. He is setting out something we have known Prime Minister. He is setting out something we have known for i Prime Minister. He is setting out something we have known for a l Prime Minister. He is setting out something we have known for a long time which is that the Public Finances are really struggling, Public Services are really struggling, and if Spending Cuts are to be avoided, there will be some significant tax rises in the forthcoming budget which is something that was entirely plain before the election but of course, Neither Party was willing to say that before the election. The Prime Minister is now saying that that is the case, and i absolutely agree with him. The chancellor will have a choice between some pretty chunky tax rises or promising some fairly significant Spending Cuts over the next few years. I5 significant Spending Cuts over the next few years significant Spending Cuts over the next few years. Is he right when he is sa in next few years. Is he right when he is saying this next few years. Is he right when he is saying this was next few years. Is he right when he is saying this was all next few years. Is he right when he is saying this was all a next few years. Is he right when he is saying this was all a bit next few years. Is he right when he is saying this was all a bit of next few years. Is he right when he is saying this was all a bit of a is saying this was all a bit of a surprise, the fact that when you are not in power you dont have access to the details of the numbers and so by saying its worse than we thought is actually justified . By saying its worse than we thought is actuallyjustified . Hat by saying its worse than we thought is actually justified . Is actually ustified . Not really, no, not is actually ustified . Not really, not in is actuallyjustified . Not really, no, not in terms of is actuallyjustified . Not really, no, not in terms of the is actuallyjustified . Not really, no, not in terms of the Big Is Actuallyjustified . Not really,. No, not in terms of The Big Picture. Yes, there are some small surprises in the Public Finance numbers this year, but The Big Picture over the next few years was always completely clear, which was that, and this is something the Office For Budget Responsibility pointed out in march and we have pointed out time and time again during the election campaign, which is that the plans the government inherited imply cuts to Public Spending over the next few years. To avoid those cuts while keeping to their own clearly stated fiscal targets in terms of borrowing, then there would need to be some tax rises. Numbers may be a little bit worse than they thought at the time, and i think there were some things that were hidden from view, but the overall picture over the next four or five years is very similar to what we knew before the election. �. ,. , similar to what we knew before the election. �. ,. ,. , election. And what are some of the o tions election. And what are some of the options here election. And what are some of the options here then . Election. And what are some of the options here then . Some election. And what are some of the options here then . Some things i election. And what are some of the | options here then . Some things like income tax will not be changed at all, so what is next . I income tax will not be changed at all, so what is next . All, so what is next . I think that is one of the all, so what is next . I think that is one of the deep all, so what is next . I think that is one of the deep problems all, so what is next . I think thatj is one of the deep problems this government has created for itself to some extent, by ruling out those changes. Somewhat cynically the last Government Cut National Insurance contributions by Something Like £20 billion in its last months in government but the Labour Party Opposition agreed, voted for them and said they will keep them. They said they wont increase income tax, vat or Corporation Tax which between them account for three quarters of all the tax revenues. That leaves them with some complex choices. There are some things they might want to do to the taxation of pensions, some of those will be really quite damaging. There are some smaller things they could do to make things better and some quite complicated things they could do to Capital Gains tax which i think is required, but thats notjust about increasing the rates. It requires a reform to the whole Capital Gains tax system. There are various strange loopholes they could close in some parts of Inheritance Tax and stamp duty and so on, but they dont raise very large amounts of money. If you look across the western world, there are lots of countries that have much more tax revenue than we do and spend more on Public Services, but every single one of them, and i mean every single one of them, and i mean every single one of them, raises more tax on peoples average earnings than we do. Whilst we do have tax at high levels, it is the case that taxes on people on average earnings are the lowest they have been for 50 years, and trying to significantly increase taxes without impacting that group of people will be very complex and potentially have some negative economic consequences. Pauli potentially have some negative economic consequences. Pauljohnson, thank ou economic consequences. Pauljohnson, thank you for economic consequences. Pauljohnson, thank you for talking economic consequences. Pauljohnson, thank you for talking us economic consequences. Pauljohnson, thank you for talking us through thank you for talking us through that, the budget, the Big Statement Decision coming in october. Coming up, Rock And Roll stars 0asis announce theyre getting back together for a global tour. The gallagher brothers havent been on stage together for 15 years, after splitting up following a fight at a gig in paris. Around the wo

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